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Fees and Terms and Conditions

Academic year 2024 – 2025

We understand that the imposition of VAT on school fees brings extra planning for you when considering the cost of your child’s education. This is why we are offsetting the impact of the introduction of these fees with a 10% discount on our spring and summer term fees (for 2025).

Exeter Pre-Prep School fees

*Please see the full PDF download document in the downloads section below to follow asterisked notations.

Exeter School fees

Academic year 2025 – 2026

We recognise that these are challenging times for both independent schools and the families who support them. As a board, we are deeply aware of the financial commitment school fees represent and the pressures many families face in meeting them. We have therefore decided to announce the fees for next year earlier than in previous years to assist parents in their financial planning.

Exeter Pre-Prep School fees

Exeter School fees

 

 

Registration fee

Exeter Pre-Prep School: payable on registration and non-refundable £100*
Exeter School: payable on registration and non-refundable £150*

VAT at the current rate of 20% will be added to these charges from 1 January 2025*

 

Acceptance deposit

Payable by the parents of each pupil on acceptance of a place in the Nursery. £200
When moving to the Reception class parents are required to top up the acceptance deposit to £400*.
Payable by the parents of each pupil on acceptance of a place in years Reception to Lower Sixth £400*

Please see the school’s Terms and Conditions for information on how and when the acceptance deposit may be refunded.

*Increasing to £500 from 8 September 2025.

Fees

Pre-Prep – Reception

Reception over 5s (no longer eligible for Early Years entitlement)
Autumn term 2024 – £3,120
Spring term and summer term 2025 – £2,860* per term
Autumn term 2025, spring and summer terms 2026 – £3,599 per term

Pre-Prep – Year 1 and Year 2

Autumn term 2024 – £3,225
Spring term and summer term 2025 – £2,956.25* per term
Autumn term 2025, spring and summer terms 2026 – £3,725 per term

Junior school – Form One/Upper One (Years 3 and 4)

Autumn term 2024 – £4,575
Spring term and summer term 2025 – £4,193.75* per term
Autumn term 2025, spring and summer terms 2026 – £5,299 per term

Junior school – Lower Two/Upper Two (Years 5 and 6)

Autumn term 2024 – £4,825
Spring term and summer term 2025 – £4,422.92* per term
Autumn term 2025, spring and summer terms 2026 – £5,699 per term

Senior school

Autumn term 2024 – £5,845
Spring term and summer term 2025 – £5,357.92* per term
Autumn term 2025, spring and summer terms 2026 – £6,998 per term

*VAT at the current rate of 20% will be added to the fees above from 1 January 2025.

Spring and summer term fees (for 2025) reflect a 10% discount to offset the impact of the introduction of VAT on school fees.

Sibling discounts: A reduction of 5% of the tuition fee will be made for the second child in respect of whom fees are being paid in the senior or junior school, and 10% for the third or subsequent child.

Fees do not include the cost of lunches, which are as follows:

Term

Junior school

Senior school

Autumn 2024 £294 £336
Spring 2025 £252 £288
Summer 2025 £246 £283
Autumn 2025 £309 £352
Spring 2026 £264 £302
Summer 2026 £258 £297

Lunches are compulsory in the pre-prep and junior school; they are optional in the senior school.

Extras

The tuition fees cover all normal expenses incurred by the school in the education of pupils.

External exam fees

All charges for external examinations, whether modular or linear, are paid in advance by the school on behalf of the pupil and will be billed to parents, shown separately on fees invoice. These disbursements are not subject to VAT.

Exam administration charges

  • For current pupils sitting curriculum subjects, £5* per entry, irrespective of the number of papers sat, detailed on fees invoice
  • For current pupils sitting non-curriculum subjects such as Chinese and Russian, £100* per entry, detailed on fees invoice
  • £2* per post-results enquiry such as remarks. These are paid at the time of the request through the exams office.
  • For external candidates, £100* per entry, detailed on fees invoice paid at the time of the request through the exams office.

Learning support assessments

Parents are not charged for small-group or one-to-one sessions with our learning support coordinators. There is a £200* charge for a comprehensive learning support assessment, which often includes assessment for possible access arrangements in public exams. This assessment includes a detailed report to parents and, if appropriate, the construction of an agreed learning support strategy sheet. This charge is significantly less than the cost of a similar assessment carried out externally but parents can follow an external route instead if they wish.

An amount will be added to the fees invoice for the optional school fees refund scheme. If not declined, this cost is charged termly in advance.

* VAT at 20% will be applied from 1 January 2025 

Terms and conditions

Please see the school’s terms and conditions for further information about the payment of fees and extras.