myBursary replaces the spreadsheets, paper forms, and chased-up emails. One platform to collect applications, assess evidence, approve awards, and produce DfE-ready reports.
| Student | Type | Status | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Rasheed | Vulnerable | Approved | £1,200 |
| Sofia Patel | Disc. Band B | Pending | - |
| Amara Mensah | Vulnerable | Approved | £1,200 |
| Tyler Webb | Disc. Band A | In review | TBC |
Most colleges are still running their 16–19 bursary on Excel, shared inboxes, and printed forms - creating backlogs, inconsistencies, and DfE compliance risk.
Tracking applications, evidence status, payments, and attendance checks across shared Excel files leads to version conflicts and missed decisions.
Asking students for P60s and bank statements over email or in person means documents buried in inboxes (or actual boxes!), no audit trail, and evidence arriving too late to process.
Manually producing utilisation reports, eligible cohort lists, and evidence bundles for DfE (previously, EFSA) audits takes days and leaves room for compliance gaps.
Paper-only or inaccessible application processes mean vulnerable students - the ones who most need support - often don't apply at all.
Students apply online at their own pace - from any device, progress saved automatically. Your team receives structured, complete applications instead of paper forms with missing fields.
Your assessors get a unified inbox of applications with all evidence attached and eligibility indicators pre-computed. Approve, reject, flag, or request more information in one click.
Set payment instalments per term, per student. myBursary tracks what's been paid, what's upcoming, and flags attendance-related holds - so nothing slips through.
myBursary is built around DfE 16–19 Bursary Fund guidance. Your data structure, eligibility assessments, and evidence retention all meet DfE requirements out of the box.
Professional and Enterprise plans include a pre-audit review session with our team to check your configuration against current DfE guidance before inspection.
All plans include unlimited staff users, student portal access, and UK-hosted data. Billed annually.
For smaller colleges and sixth forms running a straightforward bursary process.
For colleges that want the full platform — compliance, payments, and reporting all handled.
For multi-campus colleges, academy trusts, and large providers with complex requirements.
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