Part VI School admissions, attendance and charges
F4Chapter III Charges in connection with education at maintained schools
Prohibition of charges
451 Prohibition of charges for provision of education.
1
F1. . ., this section applies in relation to education provided at any maintained school for a registered pupil at the school.
2
Where the education is provided for the pupil during school hours no charge shall be made in respect of it.
3
Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to tuition in playing a musical instrument where the tuition is provided either individually or to a group of not more than four pupils, unless the tuition is—
a
required as part of a syllabus for a prescribed public examination which is a syllabus for which the pupil is being prepared at the school, or
b
provided in pursuance of a duty imposed by section 357(1) F5(implementation of National Curriculum) or section 69 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (duty to secure due provision of religious education)..
4
Where the education is provided for the pupil outside school hours no charge shall be made in respect of it if it is—
a
required as part of a syllabus for a prescribed public examination which is a syllabus for which the pupil is being prepared at the school, or
b
provided in pursuance of a duty imposed by section 357(1) or F2section 69 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
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Crossheading substituted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para.119 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1.