Education (Grants) (Music, Ballet and Choir Schools) (England) Regulations 2001

Part III Remission of Fees and Charges

Fees and charges qualifying for remission

13.  Paragraph 14 or, as the case may be, paragraph 15, shall apply to the remission of fees and other charges payable by the parents of an aided pupil being fees and charges (other than such as are mentioned in paragraph 17) which are designated for the purposes of paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 2; and all such fees and charges are referred to in these Regulations as designated fees.

Remission of fees—boarding pupils

14.—(1) This paragraph shall apply in the case of an aided pupil who is a boarder at a school, other than a pupil who only satisfies the conditions as to residence set out in paragraph 2 by virtue of paragraph 2(1)(c).

(2) Where the relevant income for the appropriate financial year does not exceed £9,798 the designated fees shall be wholly remitted.

(3) In any other case the designated fees for a school in respect of each aided pupil shall be remitted to the extent (if any) necessary to secure that the parents' residual liability for that pupil’s designated fees corresponds to an amount (rounded down to the nearest multiple of £3) equal to the aggregate of the specified percentages of those parts of the relevant income referred to in column (1) of the following table, being the percentages—

(a) specified opposite the parts of the relevant income in column (2), where only one child of the parents holds an aided place at any of the schools;

(b) so specified in column (3) where two children of the parents hold such aided places; or

(c) specified for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State, where more than two children of the parents hold such aided places.

TABLE 1

(1)	(2)	(3)
Part of the relevant income to which specified percentage applies	Only aided boarding pupil	Each of two aided boarding pupils
That part which exceeds £9,499 but does not exceed £12,000	5%	3.75%
That part which exceeds £12,000 but does not exceed £17,000	10%	7.5%
That part which exceeds £17,000 but does not exceed £25,000	12%	9%
That part which exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £35,000	15%	11.25%
That part which exceeds £35,000 but does not exceed £40,000	18%	13.5%
That part which exceeds £40,000 but does not exceed £45,000	16%	12%
That part which exceeds £45,000 but does not exceed £55,000	17%	12.75%
That part which exceeds £55,000 but does not exceed £60,000	18%	13.5%
That part (if any) which exceeds £60,000	19%	14.25%

Remission of fees—day pupils

15.—(1) This paragraph shall apply in the case of an aided pupil who is a day pupil at a school and an aided pupil who is a boarder at a school and who only satisfies the conditions as to residence set out in paragraph 2 by virtue of paragraphs 2(1)(c).

(2) Where the relevant income for the appropriate financial year does not exceed £12,148 the designated fees shall be wholly remitted.

(3) In any other case the designated fees for a school in respect of each aided pupil shall be remitted to the extent (if any) necessary to secure that the parents' residual liability for that pupil’s designated fees corresponds to an amount (rounded down to the nearest multiple of £3) equal to the aggregate of the specified percentages of those parts of the relevant income referred to in column (1) of the following table, being the percentages—

(a) specified opposite the parts of the relevant income in column (2), where only one child of the parents holds an aided place at any of the schools;

(b) so specified in column (3) where two children of the parents hold such aided places; or

(c) specified for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State, where more than two children of the parents hold such places.

TABLE 2

(1)	(2)	(3)
Part of the relevant income to which specified percentage applies	Only aided boarding pupil	Each of two aided day pupils
That part which exceeds £11,999 but does not exceed £35,000	10%	7.5%
That which exceeds £35,000 but does not exceed £40,000	11%	8.25%
That part which exceeds £40,000 but does not exceed £45,000	12%	9%
That part which exceeds £45,000 but does not exceed £55,000	13%	9.75%
That part (if any) which exceeds £55,000	14%	10.5%

Allowances for child holding assisted place

16.  Where the parents of an aided pupil have another child who holds an assisted place at an independent school provided under section 2(1) of the Education (Schools) Act 1997(1), the parents' residual liability for designated fees shall be calculated pursuant to paragraph 14 or 15 above (as the case may be) as if that child held an aided place for the purposes of that paragraph.

Remission of charges for meals—day pupils

17.—(1) This paragraph applies to an aided pupil who is a day pupil where his parents satisfy the school at any time during a school year, or the month preceding the beginning of that year, that they are in receipt of a relevant benefit.

(2) A school shall remit the whole of any charges which they would otherwise make for meals provided for a pupil to whom this paragraph applies—

(a) for the whole of that school year, where they are satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (1) at or before the beginning of that year, or

(b) for the remainder of the school year, where they are satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (1) in the course of that year,

irrespective of whether the parents may subsequently cease to be in receipt of a relevant benefit.

(3) In this paragraph, “relevant benefit” means—

(a) income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(2), or

(b) an income-based jobseeker’s allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act 1995(3).

(1)

1997 c. 59.

(2)

1992 c. 4.

(3)

1995 c. 18.