The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 151

Education

The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025

Made

14th May 2025

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

16th May 2025

Coming into force

1st August 2025

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 73(f) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 and come into force on 1 August 2025.

Amendment of the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2015

2.—(1) Schedule 1 of the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2015(2) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 9 (income), in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4)(b), for “£2,219” substitute “£2,606”.

(3) In paragraph 12 (remission of fees (boarders))—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2), for “£14,789” substitute “£17,369”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for the table substitute—

“(1)	(2)	(3)
Part of relevant income to which specified percentage applies	Only one aided pupil	Each of two or more aided pupils
That part (if any) which exceeds £17,103 but does not exceed £21,620	10%	7.5%
That part (if any) which exceeds £21,620 but does not exceed £29,034	20%	15%
That part (if any) which exceeds £29,034 but does not exceed £45,000	12.5%	7.5%
That part (if any) which exceeds £45,000 but does not exceed £65,000	14%	8.4%
That part (if any) which exceeds £65,000 but does not exceed £85,000	15%	9%
That part (if any) which exceeds £85,000 but does not exceed £105,000	16%	9.6%
That part (if any) which exceeds £105,000 but does not exceed £125,000	17%	10.2%
That part (if any) which exceeds £125,000 but does not exceed £145,000	19%	11.4%
That part (if any) in excess of £145,000	20%	12%”.

(4) In paragraph 13 (remission of fees (day pupils))—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2), for “£18,635” substitute “£21,886”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for the table substitute—

“(1)	(2)	(3)
Part of relevant income to which specified percentage applies	Only one aided pupil	Each of two or more aided pupils
That part (if any) which exceeds £21,620 but does not exceed £45,000	10%	7.5%
That part (if any) which exceeds £45,000 but does not exceed £65,000	11%	8.25%
That part (if any) which exceeds £65,000 but does not exceed £85,000	12%	9%
That part (if any) which exceeds £85,000 but does not exceed £105,000	13%	9.75%
That part (if any) which exceeds £105,000 but does not exceed £125,000	14%	10.5%
That part (if any) which exceeds £125,000 but does not exceed £145,000	16%	12%
That part (if any) in excess of £145,000	17%	12.75%”.

(5) In paragraph 15 (remission of charges for meals (day pupils)), omit sub-paragraphs (1)(d) and (2).

(6) In paragraph 16 (clothing grants)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (3)—

(i) for “£19,312” substitute “£22,681”,

(ii) for the table substitute—

“(1)	(2)
Relevant income	Maximum amount of clothing grant
Does not exceed £19,914	£346
Exceeds £19,914 but does not exceed £20,843	£258
Exceeds £20,843 but does not exceed £21,734	£170
Exceeds £21,734 but does not exceed £22,681	£88”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (5)—

(i) for “£18,506” substitute “£21,734”,

(ii) for the table substitute—

“(1)	(2)
Relevant income	Maximum amount of clothing grant
Does not exceed £20,205	£135
Exceeds £20,205 but does not exceed £21,734	£70”.

(7) In paragraph 21 (amount of travel grants)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “£17,231” substitute “£20,237”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for “£16,956” substitute “£19,914”.

(8) In paragraph 24 (total income: inclusions and deductions), in sub-paragraph (2)(a), omit “or domiciled”.

JENNY GILRUTH

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

14th May 2025

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”). These Regulations come into force on 1 August 2025.

The 2015 Regulations provide for the payment of allowances to St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh, to reimburse it for its expenditure in respect of fees and charges remitted and grants made in operating the aided places scheme described in schedule 1 of those Regulations. These Regulations amend remission levels in respect of boarders and day pupils who benefit from the aided places scheme which are set out in Parts 2 and 3 of schedule 1 of the 2015 Regulations.

Regulation 2(2) of these Regulations amends the amount to be deducted from an applicant’s relevant income in respect of each dependent child or other relative for the purposes of calculation of the applicant’s relevant income.

Regulation 2(3) of these Regulations amends the income threshold below which no parental contribution is payable in respect of fees for boarders and amends the table that sets out parental contribution levels for boarders by income band. Regulation 2(4) does the same in respect of fees for day pupils.

Regulation 2(5) of these Regulations omits paragraph 15(1)(d) and (2) of schedule 1 of the 2015 Regulations. Tax credits ended on 5 April 2025 and have been replaced by universal credit.

Regulation 2(6)(a) of these Regulations amends the parental income threshold below which an aided pupil is entitled to a clothing grant in the pupil’s first year at the school, and substitutes a new table setting out the maximum amount of clothing grant payable by income band. Regulation 2(6)(b) does the same for any subsequent year of an aided pupil at the school.

Regulation 2(7) of these Regulations amends the parental income threshold below which an aided pupil is entitled to school travel grants.

Regulation 2(8) of these Regulations makes an amendment consequential on changes made by the UK Parliament to tax legislation.

(1)

1980 c. 44 (“the Act”). Section 73(f) was amended by section 29(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30) and section 3(2) of the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 6). Section 74(1) was amended by paragraph 8(17) of schedule 10 of the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39). Section 135(1) of the Act contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(2)

S.S.I. 2015/248, amended by S.S.I. 2019/144, S.S.I. 2022/173 and S.S.I. 2022/377.