When a course ends
You count as being in relevant education if you have finished a course of non-advanced education and are enrolled or accepted on another such course.
1Reg 3(2)(b) CB Regs This means you are still in relevant education during the summer vacation between courses. Otherwise, you still count as being in relevant education when you finish a course until the latest of the following dates, or until you turn 20 if that is earlier:
•31 August after your 16th birthday;
2Reg 4 CB Regs •for 16/17 year olds, 20 weeks after your course ends if you are registered with the Careers Service (or Careers Wales in Wales). This is the ‘extension period’ rule in child benefit (see
here).
Note: if you are an orphan, estranged from your parents, living away from your parents because of a risk to your health or because they cannot support you financially, or a care leaver, the requirement that someone must have received child benefit for you immediately before the period started does not apply;
3Reg 13(2A)(b) IS Regs; reg 5 CB Regs •the last day in February, May, August or November following the date the course ends.
4Reg 7 CB Regs