What happens when your child reaches 16? does the child benefit, tax credits stop etc, even if they choose to go back to full time education?

[SpaceCadet]

my dd will be 16 next year and im worried how we will manage financially, ive had a provisional tax credits award through for next year which anticipates her birthday slashing my mon ey in half, ex p has already rung me and gleefully told me that he will no longer have to pay maintenance and as far as i can can see, child benefit stops too.
ive worked out i will be 400 pounds a month down and dd has no idea what she wants to do with her life when she leaves school, she seems to think shes just going to bum around with no job etc and im going to keep her, but from what i can see, im not sure what will happen if she goes back to full time education

cam-unfortunately her father has made it clear she will never be living with him.
xenia-i wasnt married to dd's dad so no divorc e court order.

nemo,thats a good incentive for her.
hana will check out the website concerned

spacey I also think at the end of each term if have good attendance they get £50 bonus..only know as both my sisters got it.

well if i mention the possibility of some free cash to her...she might definitely decide to go to college!

And you could mention how many hundreds of thousands of extra income you get over your life if you've been to university as well on average.

xenia-sat her down today for a chat, told her it was college, job or get out, told her she would pay me rent if she got a job, she has agreed to go to college, shes a clever girl who can make it if she wants, told her not to waste that and have agreed to help her with college applications in october

i personally think her father has been putting the hard word on her to work so he no lonfger has to pay.