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Student / Apprentice discounts

If you are a student, student nurse or an apprentice you may be entitled to a discount on your Council Tax

For council tax purposes, people such as students, and those on certain apprenticeship schemes, will not be counted when looking at the number of adults living in a property. This may mean that the bill is reduced by 25% depending on who else lives with you.

Students

To qualify you must be either:

a) attending a full time course of further or higher education at a University, College or other educational establishment. The course must last for at least 1 year and involve at least 21 hours attendance per week for at least 24 weeks in the year.

OR

b) under 20 years of age and attending a course which lasts more than 3 calendar months and involves at least 12 hour attendance per week between 8am and 5.30pm.

You'll need to ask your college or university for a student certificate, your application cannot be processed without this. You can photograph or scan this and upload it with your application form.

Student nurses

As a student nurse you can get a discount on your council tax bill if you are taking a degree course which, if successfully completed, would lead to employment as a nurse, midwife or health visitor.

Apprentices

An apprentice will be disregarded if he / she is:

  • employed for the purpose of learning a trade, profession, business, office, employment or vocation
  • undertaking a programme of training leading to an accredited qualification
  • receiving a salary or allowance of less than £195 per week, and
  • that salary or allowance is substantially less than he/she would expect to receive when qualified

You'll also need to ask your employer to complete an employers certificate -  Employers certificate for apprentices (PDF) [110KB]

 

Last modified on 13 September 2024

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