child tax credit and vocational courses

nikiwitch

can anyone please advise? my 17 year old son is about to start a vocational course (16 hours a week)after completing his year long e2e course, will I still get child tax credit? thankyou for looking

Oldernotwiser

As long as the course is classed as full time, the answer is "yes". He can also work part time as well as studying without affecting his EMA or your benefits.

nikiwitch

it is classed as full time, he has been trying to find a part time job for nearly a year and is getting very diheartened at not even getting interviews. Thankyou for replying, its a great help

joanne_d_3

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

As long as the course is classed as full time, the answer is "yes". He can also work part time as well as studying without affecting his EMA or your benefits.

Hi , i have been looking into this situation as my daughter has just started a full time course and has also just started a part time job and it appears that whilst you say that the teenager can work without it affecting the parents benefits , they can only work BELOW 24 hours per week.... 24 hours or more and the parent looses the entitlement to tax credits for them .