Unlike university students, 16- to 19-year-olds are not entitled to government loans – but there are other options
Freya Marshall, a sixth form student from Hertfordshire, gets £1,200 a year to help pay for travel to school and the resources she needs for her A-level courses.
She’s entitled to the money through a bursary scheme aimed at 16- to 19-year-olds in England who are in education and apprenticeships – but she had to do her homework to find out about it.