The authority’s policy not to make an educational grant unless the parents demonstrated hardship, that financial assistance was unavailable elsewhere, and that no alternative to the educational avenue chosen was available, or that other exceptional circumstances applied, was lawful. In this case the student’s need for dancing tuition could be satisfied in a day school with supporting special tuition. The authority had a discretion about such payments, and in this case the discretion had not been exercised ultra vires. Parental preferences had to be balanced against unreasonable burdens on public expenditure.
Citations:
Times 09-Jan-2001
Statutes:
Education Act 1996 518, Scolarship and Other Benefits Regulations 1997 No 1443
Education, Benefits
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.86139
