Medr/2026/12: Additional funding to support increased participation in further education institutions and local authorities 2025/26

Introduction

1. This publication sets out the arrangements and timing for additional funding of £4,000,000 to recognise increased participation in further educations institutions (FEI) and local authorities (LA) in the academic year (AY) 2025/26.

2. Welsh Government provided this funding as part of their 2025-26 budget and will be allocated to providers in the financial year 2025-26.

3. This funding will be paid in full in one instalment on 31 March 2026.

Rationale

4. The allocation of £4,000,000 was calculated on a pro-rate basis across the LAs and FEIs to reflect the delivery as reported by Local Authorities in December 2025 and the delivery recorded in the LLWR December 2025 freeze data.

Additional funding amounts and timings

5. An allocation of £3,642,212.57 will be allocated to FEIs for increased participation in the AY 2025/26, as shown in the table below.

Further education institutions	Further education | Additional support for mainstream funding
Bridgend College	£280,283.87
Cardiff and Vale College	£301,014.89
Coleg Cambria	£929,602.79
Coleg Gwent	£104,367.28
Coleg Sir Gâr	-£258,657.33
Coleg y Cymoedd	£357,784.78
Gower College Swansea	£226,639.89
Grŵp Llandrillo Menai	£988,585.74
Grŵp NPTC Group	£397,677.88
The College Merthyr Tydfil	£168,060.99
Pembrokeshire College	£34,632.66
St David’s Catholic Sixth Form College	£112,219.13
Total	£3,642,212.57

6. The reclaim for Coleg Sir Gâr is as a result of an adjustment to a previous allocation.

7. An allocation of £357,787.41 will be allocated to local authorities for increased participation for mainstream funding in AY 2025/26, as shown in the table below.

Local authority	Local authority | Additional support for mainstream funding
Isle of Anglesey County Council	£42,755.87
Cardiff Council	£132,748.79
Denbighshire County Council	£43,596.00
Monmouthshire County Council	£11,708.37
Neath Port Talbot Council	£16,602.54
Pembrokeshire County Council	£66,853.43
Swansea City and County Council	£23,449.58
Torfaen County Borough Council	£10,196.21
Vale of Glamorgan Council	£9,876.62
Total	£357,787.41

8. This funding relates to the period 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026. This additional funding to support increased participation for the AY 2025/26 will be paid in full in one instalment on 31 March 2026.