UK Boarding School Fees

Boarding school fees cover tuition in the subjects of the normal school curriculum plus boarding charges and must be paid in full before the start of each term. Boarding charges include accommodation and daily meals (breakfast, lunch, supper). The child's bedding and clothes will be laundered regularly by the school and every school has a resident qualified nurse to provide preliminary medical attention. If further medical attention is required, this is arranged with the local doctor responsible for the school.

All boarding schools set their own fees, which are reviewed annually, and any increases implemented at the start of each academic year (from September). However some schools increase fees each January. Fees vary from school to school, as there is no governing body to determine what each school should charge. Generally schools charging higher fees offer better facilities or are more popular so can command higher fees, but this is not always the case. A school may be able to charge lower fees if it has large financial donations from parents, former pupils or other third parties. Some schools charge the same fees for all pupils, whilst others have a scale of fees depending on the age of the child, becoming progressively more expensive the older the child.

However schools also offer additional items and services (most of which are optional) which are charged to the child's account and presented on the end of term school bill.

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