Ema

bestpud

karen_newcastle wrote: »

Well it's confirmed one thing, if the school is doing the adminstration it must be very easy to get EMA when not entitled! How on earth can the school find time to confirm what's on the form and/or do further checks? This is how people I know have only declared one income.......:(

Karfiepie and Space rider - I think the tern 'sponging' was about people who just refuse to work and live off benefits. I don't think this was aimed at people who legitimately need them.

As I understand it, and please do correct me if I am wrong, the school does not decide who is, or isn't, entitled to EMA. That is done by the LEA and they will do any background checks the deem necessary.

What the school do is take a register every day and action an EMA payment to those on the list of entitled students, which the LEA has provided them with. They also set targets and action bonuses etc, but aain, ONLY for the students on the list sent by the LEA.

That is different altogether to them taking in the forms, making any checks needed and assessing entitlement.

Like I said, correct me if I'm wrong.

Tbh though, I find it odd that people are prepared to start thread after thread (this isn't the first and won't be the last!!!) moaning that this parent has done this, and that parent has done that, to cheat the system, but they find it unacceptable to report these people.

The system is in place and it has it's flaws, like any, but manipulating the rules is different to breaking them. The people described on here are breaking them, and deliberately at that!

But I start to smell a rat when people tell of these blatant abuses and yet, when it is suggested they report them, it's 'oh no, I won't do that'. Well why not?

If it's not your business then there is no need to post on here as that seems to be making it your business.

If only the child will suffer - well why will the child suffer? - these are apparently well off families so they CAN support their children. Nobody is going to suffer except the parents, who have committed FRAUD.

But like I said, I am very dubious about some of the 'allegations' made on here. It just seems like sour grapes but I acknowledge that is just my opinion.

Oldernotwiser

karen_newcastle wrote: »

How would the school know a great deal about the pupils backgrounds? All I've provided them with are my contact details in case of emergencies. They see me twice a year at parents evenings and that's it.....the school has no idea if I am a single parent or what job I do etc.

I think that if you'd ever been a fly on the wall of a school staffroom you'd be surprised how much is known about you!

karen_newcastle

bestpud wrote: »

Tbh though, I find it odd that people are prepared to start thread after thread (this isn't the first and won't be the last!!!) moaning that this parent has done this, and that parent has done that, to cheat the system, but they find it unacceptable to report these people.

The system is in place and it has it's flaws, like any, but manipulating the rules is different to breaking them. The people described on here are breaking them, and deliberately at that!

But I start to smell a rat when people tell of these blatant abuses and yet, when it is suggested they report them, it's 'oh no, I won't do that'. Well why not?

If it's not your business then there is no need to post on here as that seems to be making it your business.

If only the child will suffer - well why will the child suffer? - these are apparently well off families so they CAN support their children. Nobody is going to suffer except the parents, who have committed FRAUD.

But like I said, I am very dubious about some of the 'allegations' made on here. It just seems like sour grapes but I acknowledge that is just my opinion.

I coudn't agree more - I've never said on here that I am not prepared to report benefit fraud. I most definately would.

However I still think that the school administer this scheme.......although I can't confirm this to be 100% right.

karen_newcastle

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I think that if you'd ever been a fly on the wall of a school staffroom you'd be surprised how much is known about you!

:eek:

OMG - what on earth do they know about me?????? :rotfl:

KxMx

As far as I can remember from getting EMA a few years ago, you first apply to the central body who give you the yes/no and how much.
Then you register with the school/college, who then authorise the central body to make the payments on a weekly basis.
So it's the central body who take the initial claim with income details, not the school/college.