There are two waiver schemes available.
UCAS Application and Assessment Fee Waiver SchemeYou can apply for a place through UCAS Conservatoires without needing to pay the UCAS fee or a Conservatoire application fee (assessment fee), if you currently receive UK government funded Free School Meals or have been in receipt of them in the last six years.What do I need to do?In the “More About You” section of your UCAS Conservatoires application, please confirm that you currently receive UK government funded Free School Meals or have been in receipt of them in the last six years. This will qualify you for the Application and Assessment Fee Waiver Scheme and UCAS will contact you by email with additional instructions.Please get in touch with UCAS Conservatoires if you’re not sure if you qualify for the scheme.If, by mistake, you tick the box to indicate that you have been in receipt of government funded Free School Meals, you must ensure that you change your response to this question before you submit your application.Then:Complete the remaining sections of your application.Go to the payment page, select “Pay using a different method” and submit your application. Then look out for the UCAS Conservatoires welcome email, check your junk mail as well as your In box.After you’ve received the welcome email, contact UCAS Conservatoires by emailing casadmin@ucas.ac.uk from the email address you have used for your application. Please include the following details in your email:
- Full Name
- Date of Birth
- UCAS Personal ID Number
- Address and Postcode
Please see below for information about support with travel costs.
Royal Academy of Music Application Fee Waiver SchemeApplication fee waivers may be granted when candidates (or their parent or legal guardian if the candidate is under 28) are in receipt of the following UK government benefits:
- 16-19 Bursary Fund
- EMA
- Disabled Students Allowance
- Universal Credit
- Income Support
- Job Seeker’s Allowance
- Tax Credits
Please note, with these waivers the UCAS Conservatoires fee cannot be waived and must be paid.
Please submit up-to-date documentary evidence of the benefit (scanned and attached to an email) to admissions@ram.ac.uk, quoting your UCAS Conservatoires personal ID number. The evidence needs to be from the UK Government and must contain your name and details of the benefit.
If the benefit recipient is your parent or legal guardian, please also send a document confirming their relationship to you (for example, a scan of your longform birth certificate including parent names).If the documentation is not in English, we must also receive an English translation certified by an official translator.
- Please do not send bank statements, tax documents, or wage slips, and please do not post paper documents to us.
You will need to start your UCAS Conservatoires application in order to generate your ID number and you will need to pay the UCAS registration fee (£28.95), but do not pay the Academy fee.
More information about submitting your application and only paying the UCAS application charge can be found on the UCAS website here.
We will process your waiver request as soon as we can, but please allow at least five working days. We regret that assessments for our application fee waivers cannot be made after the panel assessment has taken place.
Please see below for information about support with travel costs.
Travel Costs
The Academy will be pleased to support audition travel costs for students receiving the UCAS or the Academy application fee waiver.This is available for UK domiciled students under 27 years old up to the cost of £100 for one person’s standard-class public transport return travel, from their home to the Academy.
