Claim now for the 2024 Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme (AIC)

Published: 5 February 2025

AIC helps eligible parents and carers with school costs for children who can’t attend their local state school.

The Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme (AIC) helps with the costs of:

  • boarding school
  • home schooling
  • maintaining a second home so your child can go to school.

Claims for the 2024 school year close 1 March 2025. If you’re claiming for 2025 you can submit a claim before, during or after that school year. You can claim now for AIC 2025.

You can get it if your child meets certain living, age, study and isolation requirements.

Read more on how to claim the Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme.

Subscribe to news

If you haven't already, please subscribe to our News and we'll send you regular news highlights. You can also opt out at any time. Read more about our email news privacy policy.

Life events

RSS News feed

Our RSS service alerts you to updates to this page. You can connect to our RSS feeds with your favourite RSS reader.

News for Education RSS feed

Page last updated: 5 February 2025.
QC 80362