Apply for a Council Tax discount for people aged under 20 in full-time education

If you are receiving Child Benefit for someone who is:

living with you
aged over 18; and
in full-time education

and you are the only other adult living in the property, you can apply for a 25% discount on your Council Tax.

This form will ask you to provide

The name, age and date of birth of the person you receive Child Benefit for.
The name of the school or college they go to.
The title of the course they are studying.

You must provide one of the following as proof to support your application

proof of Child Benefit clearly showing which child it is for and when the Child Benefit stops
a letter from the head teacher confirming that the person goes to their school and is on a full-time qualifying course of education - the letter must include the persons name, date of birth, the date they started college or school, the date the course started and the date the course ends; or
a student certificate

You can either upload one of these documents to the online form or you can send it to us in the post; but we won't process your application until we have received your proof.

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