Fees and pricing for 2023-24

As we move towards the new academic year, we’d like to update you on our fees and pricing approach for 2023-24. As an educational charity, we aim to keep our prices as low as possible for customers and last year we were able to support the sector with a below-inflationary rise in fees. However, due to the recent financial landscape, we’ve increased our fees by up to 8%, in line with the consumer price inflation rate for April 2023.  

View our fees and pricing guide 

Our fees and pricing guide for 2023-24 is now available to download. You can also view the individual pricing per qualification on the qualification pages on our website. 

Which fees are changing?  

Annual fees  

Our annual approval fees are now £590 for schools and £1070 for all other centres. This fee applies to any active or approved centre and is from the first day of the new session (1 August 2023). This fee gives access to all qualifications in the NCFE portfolio. 

The centre approval fee applies to new centres who don’t already work with NCFE or CACHE and covers the cost of the approval process, approval for the current session and the approval review. This fee is £590 for schools and £1175 for all other centres, applicable from 1 August 2023. 

Registration and certification fees  

We applied an increase of up to 8% to our registration and certification fees from 1 September 2023. The individual pricing per qualification for 2023-24 is available on the individual qualification pages on our website. 

T Level fees  

As previously communicated, our fees for T Level Technical Qualifications were announced on 21 April 2023, and this information can be found on our T Level provider hub.  

Administration fees  

We’ve reviewed our administration fees and applied an increase of up to 8% from 1 September 2023. The new prices can be viewed within our fees and pricing guide for 2023-24. 

EPA fees  

We’re continuing to review our EPA fees, and any potential changes will be implemented from 1 January 2024 (as in previous years). We’ll be back in touch with you regarding these fees.  

Further support  

If you have any further questions about fees and pricing, please get in touch with our Customer Support team. The quickest way to contact us is via LiveChat at ncfe.org.uk or if you prefer, you can send an email to [email protected].