The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

Amount of the maintenance grant – 2008 cohort students

57.—(1) The maximum amount of maintenance grant available to a 2008 cohort student in respect of an academic year is —

(a) in the case of a type 1 or type 3 teacher training student, £1,492;

(b) in the case of a type 2 teacher training student, £2,984; and

(c) in the case of a 2008 cohort student other than a type 1, type 2 or type 3 teacher training student, £2,984.

(2) A type 1 teacher training student who is a 2008 cohort student who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—

(a) where the household income is £25,000 or less, the student receives £1,492;

(b) where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,699, the student receives an amount equal to where—

M is £1,492

A is £1 for every complete £11.72 by which the household income exceeds £25,000; and

(c) where the household income exceeds £34,699 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £665.

(3) A type 2 teacher training student who is a 2008 cohort student who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year —

(a) where the household income is £25,000 or less, the student receives £2,984;

(b) where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,699, the student receives an amount equal to where—

M is £2,984

A is £1 for every complete £5.86 by which the household income exceeds £25,000; and

(c) where the household income exceeds £34,699 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £1,329.

(4) A type 3 teacher training student who is a 2008 cohort student who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives, subject to sub-paragraph (c), an amount as follows in respect of that year—

(a) where the household income is £25,000 or less, the student receives £1,492;

(b) where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £61,034, the student receives an amount equal to where—

M is £1,492

A is £1 for every complete £11.72 by which the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,699

B is £1 for every complete £41.14 by which the household income exceeds £34,699 but does not exceed £61,034; and

(c) where the household income exceeds £61,034, no maintenance grant is payable.

(5) A 2008 cohort student other than a type 1, type 2 or type 3 teacher training student who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives, subject to sub-paragraph (c), an amount as follows in respect of that year—

(a) where the household income is £25,000 or less, the student receives £2,984;

(b) where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £61,034, the student receives an amount equal to where—

M is £2,984

A is £1 for every complete £5.86 by which the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,699

B is £1 for every complete £20.59 by which the household income exceeds £34,699 but does not exceed £61,034; and

(c) where the household income exceeds £61,034, no maintenance grant is payable.