Planning tool · England · 2026/27 rates

LLE calculator: estimate your remaining Tuition Fee Loan balance

Use current Department for Education rules to make a planning estimate of how previous publicly funded study could reduce the standard £39,160 Lifelong Learning Entitlement.

Uses current DfE figures No sign-up required Not an SFE decision

This is a planning estimate, not an eligibility decision.

Student Finance England decides your actual balance and eligibility. Additional entitlement for priority subjects, longer courses, repeat study and compelling personal reasons is not calculated here.

Previous tuition support since September 2012

Enter only government-funded tuition support, not Maintenance Loans. If a period was already accepted as affected by compelling personal reasons, exclude that part.

2012/13 to 2024/25 tuition support Tuition Fee Loans or grants actually paid

2025/26 tuition support Tuition Fee Loans or grants actually paid

2026/27 tuition support Tuition Fee Loans or grants actually paid

Advanced Learner Loan amount Only applicable higher-level study; exclude cancelled amounts

Pre-September 2012 UK study or SAAS-funded study

DfE uses fixed deductions by study type for these categories. Enter the number of years that apply.

Full-time years £9,790 deduction per year Part-time years £4,895 deduction per year Work-placement years £1,955 deduction per year Study-abroad / Erasmus years £1,465 deduction per year

Other applicable public study support

The modular acceleration programme has one fixed deduction, regardless of how many eligible modules you took.

I studied through the modular acceleration programme Adds one £2,447.50 deduction.

How the estimate works

What this calculator includes

Previous study: current-system rules and the LLE boundary

Post-2012 tuition support

Previous tuition support is uplifted to the equivalent 2026/27 fee level. The calculator uses the 2026 regulations’ reference amounts: £9,250 for 2012/13 to 2024/25, £9,535 for 2025/26 and £9,790 for 2026/27.

Pre-2012 and SAAS study

It applies the published fixed deductions: £9,790 full-time, £4,895 part-time, £1,955 work placement and £1,465 study abroad/Erasmus per year.

What it deliberately excludes

Maintenance support, course-specific additional entitlement, priority subjects, longer-course entitlement, repeat-study entitlement and individual residency/eligibility decisions.

Compelling personal reasons need a separate assessment. This planning estimate does not decide individual cases.

Official sources

Looking at living-cost funding for an existing-system course? Use the 2026/27 Maintenance Loan estimator. It checks the course start date before calculating.

Figures checked against current Department for Education and GOV.UK guidance on 28 September 2026.