CRITERIA
The purpose of The Reedham Trust is to
help children in the
United Kingdom
where the home circumstances are so unsatisfactory that a boarding environment
is essential. Our whole emphasis is
on boarding need rather than educational need.
The main criterion is a lack of parental
care, where no other suitable care is available and this situation can arise
through:
* Death or permanent
absence of one or both parents
* Severe and enduring
mental or physical ill health of parent(s)
* Abandonment or abuse
of child
* Disability of a
sibling of sufficient severity to be seriously prejudicial to the normal
development of the child
In
addition to the lack of care occasioned by any of the above, it must be
demonstrated that ALL of the following are met:-
·
The case for boarding is justified by the fact
that the home circumstances are seriously prejudicial to the normal development
of the child, and
·
there is confirmation from an independent
professional source that boarding is in the best interests of the child, and
·
the parent/guardian has insufficient income
and/or assets to pay for boarding.
A grant cannot normally be considered
if a child is already placed in a school without any means of meeting the
fees. The Trust does not normally consider any
child for whom the Local Authority has statutory responsibility.
