Activity

Charges

a. Non--residential activities outside school hours

Non--residential activities outside of school hours e.g.  school day trips, which are not required as part of a  syllabus for a public examination for which the pupil is  being prepared by the school or which are not provided  specifically in relation to the national curriculum or the  provision of religious education.

Charges should be equivalent to the cost of the activity  and should include an appropriate element for (i) the  student’s travelling expenses, (ii) the cost of any  refreshments that may be provided by the school for  the student, (iii) teaching staffing costs (including any  associated travelling costs) in those cases where a  teacher or instructor is engaged specifically for the  purpose of providing the activity and (iv) any other  incidental expenses excluding (a) any other staffing  costs and (b) the cost of any materials, books,  instruments or other equipment that may be required  in connection with the activity.

b. Residential activities outside of school hours other than in connection with a public examination or in relation  to the national curriculum or the provision of religious education

Non--residential activities outside of school hours e.g.  school day

trips, which are not required as part of a syllabus for a  public examination for which the student is being  prepared by the school or which are not provided  specifically in relation to the national curriculum or the  provision of religious education.

Charges should be equivalent to the cost of the activity  and should include an appropriate element for (i) the  student’s travelling expenses,

(ii) the cost of any refreshments that may be provided  by the school for the student, (iii) teaching staffing  costs (including any associated travelling costs) in those  cases where a teacher or instructor is engaged  specifically for the purpose of providing the activity and  (iv) any other incidental expenses excluding (a) any  other staffing costs and (b) the cost of any materials,  books, instruments or other equipment that may be  required in connection with the activity.

c. Residential activities during school hours or outside school hours in connection with a public examination or in relation to the national curriculum or the provision of religious education

Residential activities, i.e. trips where students are  required to spend one or more nights away from their  normal overnight accommodation, (i) during school  hours, (ii) outside of school hours where the activity is  required as part of a syllabus for a public examination

Charges should be limited to the cost of board and  lodgings as subject to the proviso that no such charge  shall be made in respect of any student whose parents  are in receipt of Income Support or Family Credit.

for which the student is being prepared by the school  or which is provided specifically in relation to the  national curriculum or the provision of religious  education.

d. Examination

i) The fee payable in respect of the entry of a student  with their parent’s agreement to a public examination  for which the student has not been prepared by the  school either during or outside of school hours  including a student who has received private tuition for  the relevant examination or a student who is resitting  an examination for which he was originally prepared by  the school but for whom no additional preparation has  been provided by the school since his previous entry to  the examination.

Charges should be limited to the amount of the  examination entry fee.

ii) The fee payable in respect of the entry of a student  with their parent’s agreement to a particular syllabus in  a public examination in those cases where the student  has been entered by the governing body of the school  attended for another public examination in a  corresponding syllabus and the same course of study is  provided at the school concerned in preparation for  both syllabuses.

Charges should be limited to the amount of the  examination entry fee.

iii) The fee that has been paid or which the local  education authority or school governing body is liable  to pay in respect of the entry of a student to a  particular syllabus in a public examination in those  cases where the student fails without good reason to  meet any examination requirement for that syllabus in  order to qualify for assessment for the purpose of  determining their achievements in that examination,  including failure to sit the final examination or failure to  complete the course work requirements.

Charges should be limited to the amount of the  examination entry fee.

e. Materials and/or ingredients for practical subjects

Materials and/or ingredients that are required for  practical subjects in those cases where the student’s  parents have indicated in advance that they wish to  own the finished product.

Charges should be equivalent to the cost of the  materials and/or ingredients.

f. Individual tuition in the playing of a musical instrument out of school hours

Individual tuition in the playing of a musical instrument  out of school hours which does not form part of the  syllabus for a prescribed public examination and which  is not provided specifically in relation to the national

Charges should be equivalent to the cost of the tuition  and should include (i) the cost of the salary payments  made to the teacher providing the tuition, (ii) the cost  of any sheet music that is provided specifically for use

curriculum.

by the student and (iii) the costs arising from the hire  and/or insurance of any musical instrument that is  provided for use by the student.