Fees
Alton School fees are as inclusive as possible and extras are kept to a minimum. The fees include tuition, most activities at school, hot lunches, swimming lessons (for Prep Pupils), stationery, textbook loan and pupils’ personal accident insurance.
Fees for the 2019-20 academic year
Nursery and Pre Prep
The Nest from 6 months:
£64.00 per day (excluding formula milk and meals from Care Catering)
£8.50 for ad hoc hours outside of set start and end times prior to 6.00 pm.
The Chicks (approx 16 months – 24 months)
£64.00 per day (excluding meals from Care Catering )
£8.50 for ad hoc hours outside of the set start and end times prior to 6.00 pm.
The Robins: from approx 22 months to 36 months:
£64.00 per day (excluding meals from Care Catering)
£8.50 for ad hoc hours outside of the set start and end times prior to 6.00 pm.
The Sparrows: from approx. 3 years
£77.00* per 10 hour day (8.00 am to 6.00 pm snacks included but excluding meals from Care Catering)
£7.20 per hour
£8.50 per hour for ad hoc hours outside of the set start and end times prior to 6.00 pm.
Pre Prep: Rising 4 years
£77.00* per 10 hour day
£7.20 per hour
£8.50 per hour for ad hoc hours outside of the set start and end times prior to 6.00 pm.
In the first term after a child reaches the age of three, they will qualify for the Early Years Education Grant (EYE). The EYE grant enables all parents to claim 15 free hours of Nursery education per week for 38 weeks per year. This means that parents do not pay £77.00* per day for up to 38 weeks of the year as the EYE Grant is deducted and we do not charge top up fees for the funded hours.
Please note: Children will be charged the 3 year old rate once they turn 3, regardless of whether or not they qualify for that term’s EYE funding.
PLEASE NOTE WE CHARGE A LATE PICK UP FEE FROM 6PM UP TO 6.15PM £20 & FROM 6.15 UP TO 6.30PM £40. THESE CHARGES APPLY THROUGHOUT THE EARLY YEARS DEPARTMENT.
Optional Extras
Music lessons
Peripatetic Lessons (arranged through individual music teachers and invoiced separately)
Term of 10 lessons £190 (30 minutes) £130 (20 minutes)
Peripatetic lessons costs tbc
Ballet Vanessa Golborn School of Dance (invoiced separately)
Breakfast Club from 8.00am – £3.00 per session
After School Care from end of school to 6.00pm – £3 per hour.
School Trips – paid for separately
Use of School Transport – paid for separately
A sibling discount applies in respect of the fees from Reception onwards. A third child receives a 50% discount, a fourth 33%.
Fees are determined annually by the Governing Body early in the summer term.
Fees are payable in advance on the first day of each term, although a year’s fees may be paid by standing order, over ten months, by arrangement with the Finance Officer.
Parents are reminded that a full term’s notice is required if a pupil is to be withdrawn from the school.
Prep School
Reception to Year 1: £3,538 per term (Children in Reception may still claim EYE funding until the term in which their child reaches the age of five).
Years 2 to 6: £4,272 per term
Senior School
Year 7 – 13 : £5,005 per term
