The Government is now encouraging all institutions eligible to apply to access free period products.
This follows the extension of the existing scheme, which will continue at least throughout this year.
Before the Government announced the nationwide scheme, the Red Box Project – a charity that works to provide period products to young women all across the country – helped more than 70 schools in Oxfordshire.
Jess and Nancy Whitehead started the FemCura group to allow young girls and women to obtain free period products
Co-founder of the charity Clegg Bamber commented after the figures were released last week: "At the Red Box Project we supported more than 70 schools and colleges across Oxfordshire ensuring that no young person misses out on their education due to having their period.