Payment Barrier Uplift Calculator
Estimate how many additional students could enrol if qualified applicants did not have to pay the remaining course fee upfront.
Your numbers
The amount the learner still has to fund after grants, subsidies, scholarships or employer funding.
Base case
Capped at additional places availableEstimated additional starts
+1,250
Gross course-fee value
£15.0m
Before StepEx fees, collection timing and non-collection.
StepEx is most useful where qualified demand exists, but applicants drop out when asked to pay the remaining course fee upfront.
Today vs With StepEx funnel
Today
Target audience size
83,333
Estimated from enrolments
Applicants
12,500
Estimated from enrolments
Starts today
2,500
With StepEx — Base case
Target audience size
83,333
Fixed — unchanged by StepEx
Applicants with StepEx
14,698
+2,198Starts with StepEx
3,750
+1,2502,500 current + 1,250 additional
Where the uplift comes from
Existing applicant recovery
+1,347 starts
Payment-blocked applicants after alternative funding offset × StepEx acceptance × living-cost feasibility.
Additional starts from newly reachable demand
+440 starts
Newly reachable audience converted through the current applicant rate, selected capture case and living-cost feasibility.
Capacity cap
1,250
The maximum additional students the provider can actually accommodate.