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To ensure a King’s St Alban’s education can be enjoyed by as many families as possible, the fees for academic year 2024/25 will remain unchanged for the entire academic year. The VAT charge imposed on fees from January 2025 will be absorbed in its entirety by the school.
From 2025/26, we will begin to phase in the VAT increase. The Governors wish our fees to remain as affordable as possible and therefore have decided to employ a two- stage approach to fee setting for the academic year 2025/26. From September 2025, fees will increase by 10%, reflecting the current rate of inflation and a contribution to the VAT charge .
From January 2026, to cover the additional cost of the increase in Employer National Insurance Contributions, an additional 2.62% will be applied to the fees.
A full schedule of fees for effective September 2025 to December 2025 by year group is given below:
The School Fees are payable for the provision of Education Service. At the time of writing, the School has assessed that the School Fees are subject to VAT.
**Nursery fees are detailed below**
The termly fees for King’s St Alban’s are inclusive of:
- Full wrap-around provision from 7:45am to 6:00pm
- After School Clubs run by King’s St Alban’s staff. An exciting range of over 30 clubs and activities, some of which are run by external partners (note these may occur an additional charge)
- Specialist teachers in music, French/German, games and PE, art and computing
- External curriculum supporting bodies – we regularly invite external bodies in to enhance our curriculum and also to provide PSHE specialist topics
- A mid-morning snack consisting of milk or water and fruit (Pre-prep)
- Use of King’s Senior school facilities including Drama and Dance studios, Theatre, Music School, Sports Fields, Astro and Sports Hall.
Specified Charges are applied for the following:
Specified Charges for all other Services will be notified to you in writing in advance of your child taking part in the activity (e.g. for some trips and visits, after school clubs or subscriptions).
Sibling Discount
From September 2025 – A reduction in fees (fifteen percent for a third child, and twenty percent for a fourth child) is available when three or more siblings are pupils at the school together effective when the youngest child reaches Reception.
School lunches
Our school catering is provided by Thomas Franks. They are very well-versed in catering for independent education establishments. They are family-owned and run, with over 30 years of experience in creating delicious and seasonal food cooked from scratch using fresh, high-quality, locally sourced ingredients. The healthy menus provided offer a wide choice of options catering for a range of tastes and special diets.
All pupils are assumed to be having school lunches and will be billed accordingly, termly in advance unless the school receives written notice before the start of term. Our healthy menus offer a wide choice of options catering for a range of tastes and special diets.
King’s St Alban’s Nursery Fees
King’s St Alban’s Nursery is open for 50 weeks of the year (excluding bank holidays) from 7.45am to 6pm Monday to Friday. There is a termly inset for staff training.
The nursery is closed for all bank holidays and closed for one week at Christmas and one week in August.
There is a minimum requirement of 3 sessions weekly. Parents have the option to book “All year round” or “Term Time only”. Parents will be charged the same rate per day or session regardless of what option they choose.
These include:
- Forest School
- French
- Cooking
- Music
- School Library Visits or special story times
- PE and yoga sessions
- School trips
- River walks and Cathedral visits
- Professional visits e.g. Dentist talks.
Late Charge: All children must be collected by 6.00pm. Please note, our day-care team work very hard to ensure that your child has a fantastic time and we reserve the right to charge an additional fee of £10 per child per 15 minutes for late pick up. The school reserves the right to make additional charges for persistent lateness.
Government funding for childcare
We offer government funding for 2 – 4 year olds. Visit gov.uk to find out more and to see if you meet the criteria.
Please note, you will need to have a valid code before the start of the term you wish to claim funding for.
Pupils’ personal accident insurance scheme
All pupils will be covered by the schools personal accident insurance.
Pupils’ sickness absence insurance scheme (optional)
Under the school’s terms and conditions, there is no waiver of fees for pupil absence. However, the school offers an insurance scheme that makes available fee refunds if pupils are absent from school for five or more days due to illness or accident. The premium for the insurance is 0.64% of the net termly tuition fee. Further details and a participation reply slip may be downloaded here.
Payment of fees
School fees are charged in advance and, if paid termly, are due on or before the first day of term. Alternatively, fees may, by arrangement, be paid either in monthly instalments by direct debit or by depositing lump sums in advance.
In cases of late payment, the Governors reserve the right to make a surcharge, composed of simple interest calculated at a rate of one percent of the outstanding balance per month.
Sibling discount
From September 2025 – A reduction in fees (fifteen percent for a third child, and twenty percent for a fourth child) is available when three or more siblings are pupils at the school together effective when the youngest child reaches Reception.
Financial assistance (bursaries)
We offer a number of bursaries annually including full bursaries at the Senior School and in exceptional circumstances some support may be available at the Prep Schools. Bursaries are means-tested. Bursaries can also be offered to pupils who might otherwise leave the school because of financial hardship. Find out more in our Scholarship and Bursaries section.
Find out more
For more information, and terms and conditions of booking and payment, please contact our Admissions Team on 01905 354906 or email our Registrar LMonkhouse@ksw.org.uk / registrar@ksw.org.uk.