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From what I can gather from the CSA, I have to pay maintenance until my son is either 19 or starts full time employment. Knowing how devious my ex is, is there any way I can officially find out if my son has left education?
When speaking to the CSA, they appear to rely on the "honesty" of my ex to inform the Child Benefit office herself that she will be no longer entitled to Child Benefit because my son is starting work.
you could write to the school and ask how he is doing they have a legal obligation to tell you.
General principles for schools
Everyone who is a parent, (whether they are a resident or non-resident parent) has a right to participate in decisions about a child's education and receive information about the child (even though, for day-to-day purposes, the school's main contact is likely to be a parent with whom the child lives on school days).
School and LA staff must treat all parents equally, unless there is a court order limiting an individual's exercise of parental responsibility. Individuals who have parental responsibility for, or care of, a child have the same rights as natural parents, for example
•to receive information, e.g. pupil reports
•to participate in activities, e.g. vote in elections for parent governors
•to be asked to give consent, e.g. to the child taking part in school trips
•to be informed about meetings involving the child, e.g. a governors' meeting on the child's exclusion.
Where a parent's action, or proposed action, conflicts with the school's ability to act in the child's best interests, the school should try to resolve the problem with that parent but avoid becoming involved in conflict.Definition of parent
Section 576 of the Education Act 1996 defines 'parent' as
•all natural parents, whether they are married or not
•any person who, although not a natural parent, has parental responsibility for a child or young person
•any person who, although not a natural parent, has care of a child or young person (having care of a child or young person means that a person with whom the child lives and who looks after the child, irrespective of what their relationship is with the child, is considered to be a parent in education law).
now if he as left they will have to tell you
Its now gone to 20 on the 10th od December
Definition of child The Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012
95.
The definition of child applies to all children in the scheme: a qualifying child, a relevant other child, a child supported under a family-based arrangement and a non-resident parent who is a child.
96.
The definition of child should be the same as used by Child Benefit for those aged up to their 20th birthday. The 2008 Act provided an increase in the age limit of a child from 19 to 20, mirroring a Child Benefit change made in 2006.
97.
The Regulations provide a definition of child which cross-refers to that used by HMRC in Child Benefit legislation. This covers situations where a child aged 16-19 in specified circumstances, for example, undertaking full-time non-advanced education, continues to be eligible for Child Benefit.
98.
The link to Child Benefit offers a simple test for the Commission in deciding whether a child is within scope of the scheme.
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