Part VISchool admissions, attendance and charges
Chapter IIICharges in connection with education at LEA or grant-maintained schools
Prohibition of charges
451Prohibition of charges for provision of education
1
Subject to subsection (5), 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) or 384 (implementation of National Curriculum or of provision for religious education in school’s basic curriculum).
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 384.
5
Nothing in this section applies in relation to education provided at a grant-maintained school in pursuance of arrangements made under section 231(8).