Fees
EYFS Fees:
Regarding fees the following will apply for 25 / 26 for those EYFS up until the term they turn 5.
- A minimum commitment per week is 5 sessions. Morning sessions are classed as one session and full days are counted as two sessions.
- 15 hours Government Funding - Morning sessions are reserved for the 3 hrs funded places, this allows up to 15 hours per week free childcare entitlement.
- A morning session costs from £29.25 (including 3 hours of government funding entitlement). A morning session runs from 8:45am until 12:45pm.
- A full day costs from £62.20 (including 3 hours of government funding entitlement per day). A full day runs from 8:45am until 3:45pm (lunch is included when attending a full day within the fees).
- Both before school care (from 7:45am) and after school care (until 5:30pm) are included within the fees.
- Children are eligible for funding the term after their third birthday, this allows up to 15 hours per week free childcare entitlement.
Pre - Prep Fees:
Reception to Year 2 fees - £4050 per term (inclusive of VAT)
You would be invoiced termly, so once we know what sessions you plan to attend, we will let you know the termly costs. Fees include tuition and after school care but exclude uniform, transport, school trips and any specialised tuition such as instrumental music lessons. Fees are payable in advance, due on the day term begins. Late payment of fees will attract an additional charge.
When a child is offered a place, parents are asked to confirm acceptance of this by returning the Acceptance of Place form together with the deposit fee of £250. This sum is held as general funds and is returned, less any sums due to the school, after the end of the final term in the school.
Parents wishing to remove a pupil from the school are required to give one full term's notice in writing or to pay fees for one whole term.
Bursaries:
A bursary is a means-tested award and therefore awarded on the basis of financial need rather than academic merit. Bursary assistance may be available upon entry to the School, or to existing pupils where a significant deterioration in financial circumstances occurs. Parents with a child at the School whose financial circumstances suddenly change may apply for assistance. Like all bursary awards, these are subject to the availability of funding and cannot be guaranteed.
Every application is considered on its own merits and is subject to the School’s ability to fund the award. Therefore, in determining the appropriate level of assistance, in addition to family income, other factors will be considered, including:
- Family circumstances: The School may take family circumstances into account including the need to care for dependants. The School may also consider whether there is potential for the family to improve its financial position.
- Opportunities to release any capital: significant capital savings and investments would be expected to be used for the payment of school fees, as would realisable equity in property owned.
- In cases of separation: the contribution made by the absent parent.
- Contribution to household costs or school fees: by others inside or outside the immediate family.
- Where fees are being paid to other schools (or universities): any bursary awarded will take into account these outgoings. Bursary awards are subject to a review of parental means each year and may be varied as a result.
The Finance Officer and Head assess all applications and may request a meeting with the parents to ensure that the information declared has been correctly interpreted and that the assessment has been carried out in a fair and consistent manner. All decisions to award or withdraw a bursary are final.
The School may reduce or withdraw an award in circumstances set out in the conditions of award. These may be, for example, where a pupil's progress, attitude or behaviour has been unsatisfactory but also where the parents have failed to support the School, for example by the late payment of any contribution they are making to the fees.