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Tell the Child Benefit Office that your child is staying in education

Let the Child Benefit Office know that your child is staying in approved education or training after the age of 16 using the CH297 online service.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 20 August 1999
• Last updated: 7 February 2024 — See all updates

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Report online through Government Gateway

http://www.tax.service.gov.uk/digital-forms/form/Tell-Child-Benefit-about-your-child-staying-in-non-advanced-education-or-approved-training/draft/guide

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How to use the online service

You’ll need to either:

• sign in with your Government Gateway user ID and password (if you do not have a user ID, you can create one when you first try to sign in
• use your email address to get a confirmation code that you can use to sign in

Notify the Child Benefit Office that your child is staying in approved education or training after their 16th birthday using this online service.

Read about Child Benefit when your child turns 16.

Only the Child Benefit claimant can tell the Child Benefit office about a change of circumstances.

Published 20 August 1999

Last updated 7 February 2024 + show all updates

1. 7 February 2024

   Information has been added to confirm that only Child Benefit claimants are able to tell the Child Benefit office about a change in circumstances.

2. 4 May 2023

   Welsh translation added.

3. 11 August 2016

   The email version of the CH297 has been removed.

4. 30 November 2015

   An online service is now available.

5. 20 August 1999

   First published.