Full-time education

By full-time education we mean an average of more than 12 hours supervised study a week during normal term time, not counting breaks for meals and homework. Examples of courses of further education are:

• GCSEs and qualifications up to and including A level
• National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) level 1, 2 or 3
• BTEC National Diploma, National Certificate and 1st Diploma
• SCE higher, or advanced higher grade or equivalent.

Child Benefit cannot be paid to a young person who is undergoing a course of higher education. Examples of higher education are:

• a degree
• Higher National Diploma (HND)
• BTEC Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Higher National Diploma (HND)
• Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Higher National Diploma (HND)
• teacher training.

This is not a complete list.