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- no compulsory enrolment, registration or examination fees can be charged to students aged 16 to 18 in full time or part time education, other than in the following circumstances:
- institutions can apply reasonable conditions of attendance in order to qualify for free examination entry
- institutions can charge for examinations and resits as follows:
- where the required attendance or completion of work has not been achieved
- where the student fails without good reason to sit the examination for which the institution has paid
- where a student resits an examination resulting from an initial examination failure (unless the repeat period of study is being funded by inclusion in planned hour returns)
- where a student resits an exam with the aim of achieving marginal improvements in grades (unless the repeat period of study is being funded by inclusion in planned hour returns)
- qualifications leading to a GCSE grade 4 to 9 in English and/or maths where the student has not yet achieved either a grade 4 to 9 in these subjects are not treated as resits for this purpose
- institutions must ensure that requirements for attendance and coursework are applied reasonably and set out to students from the commencement of their programme. Absences or non-completion of coursework because of illness or other acceptable reasons are not grounds for charging.
HTH
David Dalby
Charging for resits
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Checking I'm not going to fall foul of a rule somewhere and get sent to prison... Can we charge the exam fee for a GCSE resit? We've got a 16-19 learner who didn't turn up twice for exam, but is now asking if can do resit (although never sat it as such!) in November. They aren't 18 until early September but would not be joining any classes in 23/24 towards the resit so would not go on ILR (and therefore unfunded). Can I say we would charge? As a specialist college for students with disabilities we do few GCSEs so new territory to me!
TIA!