Period products for schools

The national period product scheme for schools and colleges is running for the academic year 2024 to 2025. The period product scheme provides free period products to people in their place of study.

It is available to state-maintained schools and Department for Education (DfE) funded 16 to 19 education organisations in England. Period products should be available for all who need them, when they need them, so they can access education. Having periods should not be a barrier to education for anyone.

The scheme is available to all:

state-maintained primary schools with year 5 pupils and above
state-maintained secondary schools
state-maintained special schools and non-maintained special schools
alternative provisions, including pupil referral units, with pupils or students in year 5 and above It is also available for DfE.

And funded 16 to 19 education organisations across England, which receive 16 to 19 funding allocations from DfE or the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). Including but not limited to:

further education (FE) and sixth form colleges
state-maintained school and academy sixth forms
16 to 19 academies
higher education (HE) institutions delivering 16 to 19 provision
independent learning providers (ILPs)
special post-16 institutions (SPIs)

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