ILR specification: 2025 to 2026

Net Tuition Fee: Field

Definition

The net fee for this year of engagement, for the student on this course. The net fee is the fee after any financial support such as fee waivers are taken into account.

Reason Required

Required by the OfS to monitor the fees that are charged for the course and to monitor any discounts or waivers that have been deducted from the standard fee.

Schema Definitions

XML Entity Name
NETFEE
Field Length
6
Data type
xs:int
Minimum occurrences
0
Maximum occurrences
1

Collection Requirements

  • Collected for all aims

Valid Entries

Must contain a value in the range 0 to 999999

Notes

  • Net tuition fee amount has to be submitted in pounds to the nearest whole pound.

  • This field is not required where the Student Support Number is provided as this data can be obtained from the Student Loans Company.

  • This field captures the net fee; that is the fee charged after any financial support from the provider towards fees, such as fee waivers, are taken into account. For example; a student with a GROSSFEE of £6,000 who has had a fee waiver of £1,000 should be returned as £5,000 in this field.

  • Where the entire fee is waived, a value of zero should be returned.

  • Students who do not have any financial support will have the same value returned in both GROSSFEE and NETFEE.

  • The value in this field should reflect the fee actually charged to the student for this year and not the entire course.

  • Other financial support given to the student such as bursaries, free equipment or similar should not be included in any reduction to the fee.

  • The value should not be reduced to reflect non-payment of fees.

  • If a student leaves the provider part the way through the year, the annualised amount the student would have been charged should be returned.

  • Where fees are paid in part or full on the student's behalf for example by an employer the net fee should not be reduced to reflect this.

  • This field is not required for apprenticeship students.

  • For non-standard years of engagement (i.e. where TYPEYR = 2) the full fee for the year of engagement should be returned in the year that the year of engagement commences.