Under 20 in non-advanced education
You are regarded as a ’student’ for council tax purposes if you are aged 19 or under and on a non-advanced course of more than 12 hours a week.
1Sch 1 para 5(1) CT(DD)ONon-advanced course
A
’non-advanced course’ is one below the level of a foundation degree, honours degree, Higher National Certificate, Higher National Diploma or national vocational qualification (NVQ) level 4. It includes A levels, national diplomas and national certificates. The course must last more than three months.
2Sch 1 para 6(1)(a) CT(DD)O It does not include evening classes,
3Sch 1 para 6(1)(e) CT(DD)O correspondence courses,
4Sch 1 para 6(1)(c) CT(DD)O or courses taken as a result of your office or occupation.
5Sch 1 para 6(1)(d) CT(DD)OThe hours that count are those required by the course rather than those you actually do, if they are different. To work out your hours, average out over term times the hours required under the course for tuition, supervised study, exams, and supervised exercises, experiments, projects and practical work.
6Sch 1 paras 5(3) and 6(2) CT(DD)OYou are treated as a student on each day from the day you start the course until the day you complete it, abandon it or are dismissed from it.
7Sch 1 para 3 CT(DD)O So, you count as a student during term times, during short vacations at Christmas and Easter, and during the summer if your course continues after the summer. If your course ends in the summer and you begin a different one in the autumn, you do not count as a student in the summer between courses.
8Sch 1 para 5(2) CT(DD)O However, you might be able to get a discount (see
here).
Example
Drew is 18 and taking three A levels at college. Including his classes, exams and supervised study, his course hours are 18 a week. He is a student for council tax purposes.