Fees, Scholarships and Bursaries

September 2010 - 2011
Nursery	£970 per term	(£2910 per year)
Junior School	£2348 per term	(£7044 per year)
Senior School	£3240 per term	(£9720 per year)

Fees cover tuition, pupil’s personal accident insurance, most stationery, textbooks, scientific materials and some curricular trips. The Senior School fees cover the costs of ISCO tests in Year 10, and the membership of the Minerva network for the Sixth Form.

Fees do not include school lunches.

1. Those in Years 2 - 11 are required to take lunch at school until the end of Year 11 and a charge of £210 is added to the fees account termly.
2. Those in Years 12-13 who wish to take school lunch regularly may continue to be billed termly in advance. Please contact Mrs Jenny Brown in the Admissions Office to arrange this. For those making sundry purchases, a cash cafeteria system operates.

Public examination fees are included but requested remarks or re-sits post-16 will be charged.

Fees for Optional Extra Subjects
(Charged by visiting tutors)

Pianoforte, violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, bassoon, recorder, clarinet, oboe, brass instruments, solo singing, saxophone, percussion, guitar.

Senior School One 40 minute lesson per week:	£205 per 10 week session
Junior School one 30 minute lesson per week:	pro rata
Speech and Drama:	£14.50 per 40 minute lesson

Extra Support (Dyslexia, study skills, Maths Coaching)
Senior School: £20 per 40 minute lesson.
Junior School: £15 per 30 minute lesson.

Accounts for extra subjects are sent directly to parents by the tutors concerned, and should be settled with those teachers before the start of each 10 week session.

Payment of Fees

Fees must be paid by the Bank Direct Debit system and the form can be provided either by the school or from Trust Office. The fees must be paid either annually, or termly in advance by monthly instalments (four per term). The Trust’s regulations relating to fees and notice are set out in the agreement between parents and the Trust and on the fee account.

Registration and Entrance Examination Fees

A non-returnable fee of £90 for UK residents and £120 for overseas residents is charged for taking the Entrance Assessments. On accepting a place a registration fee of £500 is payable which is retained as a deposit and returned after the pupil’s final term less any outstanding fees or additional charges due. This £500 is forfeit if a pupil does not take up the accepted place.

Scholarships

Academic Scholarships are available each year for Year 7 (no separate examination) and the Sixth Form. In Year 7 there are generally 3 academic scholarships and 1 music. Year 12: 1 each of academic, music, art and sports.

Bursaries

The GDST Minerva Fund provides financial assistance to enable suitably qualified girls whose parents could not otherwise afford the fees to enter or remain in the Senior School. Bursaries are awarded on the basis of financial need though academic merit is taken into account.

Notice
The Trust will give not less that one term’s notice of any increase in fees. The Trust requires a full term’s notice of withdrawal of a student, or a terms’ fees in lieu of notice.