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What would you repay?

See the monthly figure, and when the balance is written off.

You repay nothing below £25,000.

£30,000

Tuition plus maintenance. A three-year course at full rates is around £60,000.

£60,000

Affects how quickly the balance falls, if it falls at all.

3%
Plan 5 terms: 9% of earnings above £25,000, written off after 40 years. Repayments stop automatically if your income drops.
You would repay
£37

per month, taken from your pay like tax

Per year£450
Repayment threshold£25,000
Total repaid over 40 years£18,000
OutcomeWritten off
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Repayments are taken from pay like tax. Anything left is written off.

The honest framing

Closer to a graduate contribution than a debt

A student loan stays off your credit file, does not weigh on a mortgage application the way ordinary borrowing does, and can never be chased if your income drops.

Plenty of mature students never clear the full balance. What they pay back is a slice of the extra they earn because of the degree — and if it does not lift their income, they pay back very little.

The first step is just a conversation

One call is all it takes to see what is genuinely open to you. It is free, and about twenty minutes of your time.