Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
Applications are now open for the 2019-20 session. Apply online here:
- EMA is a weekly payment of £30 during term time, paid fortnightly in arrears in to your bank account
- It is intended to help cover the day-to-day costs of staying on at school or college like travel costs, books and equipment
- EMAs are available to eligible people aged 16 to 19 who have reached school leaving age
- It is means-tested, so depends on your family’s financial circumstances
- To receive payment from the beginning of August 2019, you have to apply before 30 September 2019
- You have to apply every year
