Charges and Remission Policies
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1. Charging Policy
1.1 The charging policy relates only to charges, which may be made by the School Governing Body.
1.2 Charges will be made in respect of the following:-
i) Individual tuition in playing musical instruments except where it forms part of a GCSE syllabus. These charges will include tuition costs, sheet music and insurance of instruments.
ii) Ingredients and materials needed for practical subjects where parents indicate the wish to receive the finished product.
iii) Non-residential activities, which take place for 50% or more outside school hours and, where agreed in advance. The charges will include all associated costs of the activity/visit and for any necessary overnight accommodation (where a school activity involves nights away from home).
iv) Full costs of residential visits.
v) Entry of students in public examinations where he/she has not been prepared/tutored by the School.
vi) The entry of students, with parental agreement, for a public examination other than one on the prescribed list. Failure on the part of a student, without good reason, to complete the examination requirement for any public examination prescribed or otherwise for which the Governing Body has paid, or is liable to pay, an entry fee.
2. Remission Policy
i) The remission of charges will only apply to those pupils whose parents are in receipt of Income Support or Family Credit, and only in respect of accommodation charges where these are charged directly by the School and for activities taking place wholly or partly during school hours. Remission will not apply to such charges when they relate to activities wholly outside school hours.
ii) The School will remit the charge for the entry fee of a pupil who fails to complete the examination requirements for any public examination where such failure is attributable to illness or absence recognised or approved at the time by the School as unavoidable or allowable.