Students cannot be registered to receive EMA at more than one school or college.

If eligible students are attending more than one Learning Centre, EMA is payable through the Learning Centre where they spend most of the week.

If you are the student's main Learning Centre, you must have processes in place to confirm they're meeting the terms of their EMA Learning Agreement. These processes must be both adequate and auditable.

If you're not the student’s main Learning Centre, you must have procedures in place to send attendance data to the main Learning Centre.

The normal course eligibility rules still apply. The course or programme of study at a single school or college must still be at least 15 guided contact hours per week.

Examples

Not eligible

The student is attending Course A at School A for 8 hours.

The student is also attending Course B at School B for 4 hours.

The student is attending for a total of 12 hours over 2 courses. As neither of the courses carries 15 guided contact hours per week, the student is not eligible for EMA.

Eligible

The student is attending Course A at College A for 15 hours.

The student is also attending Course A at College B for 10 hours.

The student is attending a total of 25 hours of the same course, but at different colleges. They have 15 guided contact hours at College A and 10 guided contact hours at College B.

The student is eligible for EMA and this is payable through College A where they spend most of the week.

Eligible

The student is attending Course A at School A for 14 hours.

The student is also attending Course A at School B for 2 hours.

The student is attending a total of 16 hours of the same course, but at different schools. They have 14 guided contact hours at School A and 2 guided contact hours at School B.

The student is eligible for EMA and this is payable through School A where they spend most of the week.