The Education (Grants etc.) (Dance and Drama) (England) Regulations 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for grant to be paid by the Secretary of State to the institutions listed in the first column of the Table in Schedule 2 (defined in the regulations as “relevant institutions”), in respect of dance and drama students selected by the institution (referred to in the regulations as award students). They replace the Education (Dance and Drama) (England) Regulations 2000 as amended which are revoked by regulation 15.

Regulations 2 and 3 provide definitions. Regulation 4 makes provision for the maximum number of students who can be selected as new award students for a course starting on or after 1st September 2000.

Regulations 5 and 6 make further provision about award students and the period for which an award lasts at each relevant institution.

Regulation 7 provides for grant to be paid to the governing body of each relevant institution. The amount of grant is, in general, the amount specified for that institution in the Table in Schedule 2 multiplied by the number of award students attending the institution during the academic year in question. Regulation 7 also imposes a requirement to remit fees for award students and to secure that any fee for an audition does not exceed £30.

Regulations 8 and 9 provide for further grant to relevant institutions in respect of award students. The amount of such grant is determined by the Secretary of State having regard to the income of the student in question and his parent. Regulations 8 and 9 impose a requirement to remit fees (in the case of grant paid under regulation 8) or make a payment to the student (in the case of grant paid under regulation 9).

Regulation 10 provides for grants to relevant institutions for education or training in dance or drama of persons who are not award students with a view to their becoming award students.

Regulations 11 to 13 deal with grant claims, further requirements to be complied with by institutions receiving grant and provide that determinations and consents should be in writing.

Regulation 14 expands the remits of the Adult Learning Inspectorate and Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England to include education or training in dance or drama provided by “relevant institutions” for award students.