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The ERA Licensing
Scheme sets out a published tariff per full-time (or equivalent) student
by type of educational establishment, i.e. primary, secondary, further and
higher education. Details of the costs applicable from 1 April 2008
are set out in
Statutory Instrument 2007 No 266.
The annual
tariff for licences issued between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009 is (per
capita, per annum):
| Primary |
31p |
| Secondary |
54p |
| FE |
£1.01 |
| HE |
£1.60 |
Current
Agreements
ERA has negotiated
discounted licence fees with umbrella organisations representing large
numbers of educational establishments. As a result some educational establishments
may be covered by one centrally held blanket licence.
Local Education
Authority Schools
ERA negotiates blanket licences with individual LEAs in England and Wales
and with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorites in Scotland. This
means that all LEAs are given the opportunity to purchase a blanket licence
for all their schools at a substantially discounted rate. Where
an LEA chooses not to take out a blanket licence, schools are licensed
individually at the current published tariff. Currently Haringey, Liverpool,
Lambeth, Reading and Ceredigion LEAs do not hold blanket licences and
these schools are therefore licensed individually. All
secondary schools and most primary schools when a blanket licence does
not apply take out a licence individually.
Northern
Ireland Schools
Schools
on Northern Ireland are licensed through a blanket licence held by the
Southern Education and Library Board.
Independent
Schools
Independent
schools are licensed individually at the current published tariff rate.
Exceptions to this are schools in membership of the Scottish Council of
Independent Schools (SCIS) and the Girls' Public Day School trust, all
of which have a blanket licence agreement with ERA. Please contact ERA
for further details.
Further
Education
FE Colleges
in membership of the Association of Colleges, the Association of Scottish
Colleges or the Association of Northern Ireland Colleges are licensed
at a discounted rate negotiated with these organisations on behalf of
their membership. Colleges not in membership of these organisations are
licensed individually at the published tariff rate.
Please contact
ERA for further information on the current licensing status of your establishment.
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