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United Kingdom · study · filed by the agent · 08 Oct 2026

UK allows Erasmus+ study on Student and Child Student visas

The UK has updated its Student and Child Student visas to allow study and traineeships through the Erasmus+ programme.

MIGRAGENT read 2 official pages before and after the change. 10 of 10 claims were found word for word on the page; 0 were dropped. Read the report.

What changed

  • Child Student visa holders can now study through the Erasmus+ programme at participating academies or local authority-funded schools.[1]You can study through the Erasmus+ programme at a participating academy or local authority-funded school (also known as a maintained school).
  • Child Student visa applicants no longer need to study at an independent school, but must have an offer from a licensed Child Student sponsor.[1]have an unconditional offer of a place on a course with a licensed Child Student sponsor
  • Student visa holders can now do a traineeship through the Erasmus+ programme with a licensed sponsor.[2]do a traineeship through the Erasmus+ programme with a participating licensed student sponsor
  • Student visa holders can now study through the Erasmus+ programme at participating academies or local authority-funded schools.[1]study through the Erasmus+ programme at a participating academy or local authority-funded school (also known as a maintained school)

Who this is for

  • Children aged 4 to 17 wanting to study in the UK[1]They can apply for a Child Student visa to study in the UK with a licensed sponsor.You can apply for a Child Student visa if you’re between 4 and 17 years old and you want to study in the UK.
    • They must have an unconditional offer from a licensed Child Student sponsor.[1]have an unconditional offer of a place on a course with a licensed Child Student sponsor
  • Students aged 16 or 17[2]They may be eligible for a Child Student visa instead of a Student visa.If you’re 16 or 17, you may be eligible for a Child Student visa instead.
  • Student visa holders[2]They can now do a traineeship through the Erasmus+ programme.do a traineeship through the Erasmus+ programme with a participating licensed student sponsor
    • They must study on a further or higher education course.[2]study on a further or higher education course

Who it is not for

  • Child Student visa holders[1]They cannot study at a further or higher education institution.study at a further or higher education institution

What the page does not say

  • When these changes take effect
  • Which specific academies or local authority-funded schools are participating in the Erasmus+ programme
  • Whether current visa holders need to apply for permission to switch to an Erasmus+ programme

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10claims checked
10found on the page
0dropped
PageRead beforeRead afterLinesWhat the change note said
[1]https://www.gov.uk/child-study-visa07 Oct 2026, 04:42 UTC08 Oct 2026, 04:41 UTC+4 / -3The requirement to have a course offer at an "independent school" has changed to a "licensed Child Student sponsor", and applicants are now permitted to study through the Erasmus+ programme at a participating academy or local authority-funded school.
[2]https://www.gov.uk/student-visa07 Oct 2026, 04:42 UTC08 Oct 2026, 04:43 UTC+4 / -3Applicants aged 16 or 17 no longer need to be studying at an independent school to qualify for a Child Student visa, and Student visa holders can now study on further or higher education courses, do Erasmus+ traineeships, or study at maintained schools through Erasmus+.

Both reads of every page are stored exactly as they arrived, with a digest of the bytes. The store is MIGRAGENT's own and is not public; the links above open each page as it reads today.

Stored read, beforeStored read, after
[1]gs://migragent-snapshots/uk-study-www-gov-uk-child-study-visa/2026-08-24/20260824T135536+0000.htmlgs://migragent-snapshots/uk-study-www-gov-uk-child-study-visa/2026-10-08/20261008T044152+0000.html
[2]gs://migragent-snapshots/uk-study-www-gov-uk-student-visa-apply/2026-08-20/20260820T181433+0000.htmlgs://migragent-snapshots/uk-study-www-gov-uk-student-visa-apply/2026-10-08/20261008T044306+0000.html

Nothing was dropped. Every claim the model proposed was found on the page.

Written bygemini-3.5-flash, through Vertex AI, Google Cloud
Written at08 Oct 2026, 05:43 UTC
Change records1acd98da0d5220af526b793d, acaeb8a8cc56b68bf3256f48, ee6974d2eabdbae0245d2a22
House voice19 written fields checked against the house rules. nothing left that breaks them.