FEES PER TERM FROM SEPTEMBER 2023-24
These fees EXCLUDE local authority grant for children up to five years of age. Please see further down the page for more information.
| TERMLY FEES (FROM SEPT 2023) | |
| NURSERY | |
| Mornings only (5 mornings each week) | £3,606 |
| 5 mornings & 1 afternoon each week | £4,327 |
| 5 mornings & 2 afternoons each week | £5,049 |
| 5 mornings & 3 afternoons each week | £5,770 |
| 5 mornings & 4 afternoons each week | £6,491 |
| 5 full days | £7,212 |
| Occasional afternoon attendance | £72 |
| SCHOOL | |
| Lower School (Reception – Year 2) | £7,212 |
| Upper School (Year 3 – 6) | £7,511 |
- NOTE: Fees are inclusive of fresh hot lunch, prepared on the premises (except for those children in the Preschool who attend for mornings only), and mid-morning milk.
- If the fees for the term are paid in a single sum on the first day of term, the school allows a discount against the monthly payment scheme. Otherwise, the fees are payable monthly, and the discount is not applied. To find out about paying on a monthly basis, please request further information from the registrar.
- A non-refundable registration fee of £100 payable upon application and a deposit of £3,000 is payable upon entry to the school. The deposit returned when the child leaves the school, subject to the school having received a full term’s notice and payment of all sums due to it.
- Music, SEN and external club costs are set by providers.
| CHARGES FOR WRAPAROUND CARE, OPTIONAL TUITION AND CLUBS | |
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Wraparound Care Morning session (from 7:45am) Afternoon session (up to 6:00pm) Afternoon session (following after-school clubs) |
£7.00 £18.00 £7.00 |
| Pre-school and after-school clubs | From £139 |
| Piano, singing, guitar, violin, flute, clarinet, saxophone, drums and ukulele (ten sessions each of 30 minutes) | From £275 |
| Recorder (ten sessions each of 20 minutes) | From £188 |
| SEN Tuition (30 minutes per session) |
From £40 |
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES TO HELP REDUCE FEES
Local Authority Grant for younger children
If your child is under 5 on 1 September, 1 January or 1 April, for the term beginning in that month you may choose to take advantage of a Local Authority Grant (otherwise known as the Minimum Funding Entitlement or Nursery Education Grant) paid by the local authority to the school. This is attributed to a statutory maximum of 15 hours’ early years education per week. To cover contracted hours in excess of this statutory maximum, parents in receipt of the grant pay the difference between the amount of the grant and the school fees where the grant does not apply. The grant for the Autumn Term 2023 will be £1,337.34, but this generally fluctuates from term to term. As a service for parents, we intend to continue to participate in this scheme for as long as possible, but this is not guaranteed: the regulatory complexity and administrative burden for the school increases periodically and may become too onerous.
Childcare vouchers and Tax-free childcare
The school accepts most companies’ childcare vouchers. It also accepts payments under the government’s tax-free childcare scheme.
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