School Fees for Academic Year 2025-2026
Termly tuition fees for the academic year beginning September 2025 are set out below and include school lunches, text books, classroom materials and personal accident insurance. Fees for entrance into public examinations (Senior School years 11 and 13) are not included. In the Junior School all curricular extras and trips, other than residential ones, are included in the fee.
Early Years (see note below) | |
Nursery (age 3+ years) Full term time day (7:30am to 6pm) 12 weeks holiday provision | £2,358 per term £3,000 per annum |
Reception (age 4+ years) | £5,663 |
Junior School | |
Lower Preparatory (Year 1) | £6,493 |
Upper Preparatory (Year 2) | £6,945 |
Lower I - Lower III (Years 3 to 6) | £7,451 |
Senior School | |
Upper III - Upper VI (Years 7 to 13) | £9,173 |
Fees are inclusive of VAT. | |
Early Years
In the Nursery the school will offset Early Years Funding at £1,179 per term, based on 15 hours per week, which is available to all families. Families entitled to 30 hours per week Early Years Funding will receive a further £1,179 offset, which will reduce the termly bill to nil.
Childcare Vouchers
Childcare vouchers are accepted for payment of qualifying charges, i.e. school fees up to the age of 5 and activities that take place on school premises and outside school hours. Please contact the Finance Department on feesbilling@theabbey.co.uk for further information on the use of childcare vouchers.
Junior School – Before and After School Care
Before and After School Care is provided at no additional cost in the Nursery. For all other Junior School years it is available at a supplementary cost on either an ad hoc or termly basis. This charge is exempt from VAT.
Digital Device
A digital device scheme operates in the Senior School. This applies to students in Upper III – Lower V (Years 7-10).
The termly digital device fee is £180 (VAT inclusive).
Individual Music Lessons
Individual music lessons are available from Upper Preparatory (Year 2) and cover a wide variety of musical instruments and singing.
Individual Music Lessons: £366 per term (VAT inclusive).
Sibling discount
We offer a discount for the eldest child when three or more students attend The Abbey at the same time.
Fees refund and travel insurance
We offer a fees refund scheme that provides a proportionate refund of fees in certain circumstances if your child is absent from school for a qualifying period due to illness or injury. The charge is 1.37% of the termly fee and is charged in advance on fee bills.
Please see our fees refund and travel insurance policies here.
Direct Debit
Please note: all fees are payable by Direct Debit in advance on or before the first day of each term. In order to offer parents further flexibility, a monthly payment option is available through School Fees Plan. Details can be found here.
Government Early Years Funding Entitlement (EYFE)
We offer a pre-reception nursery school year, for 3-4 year olds, based on a full-time Monday to Friday offering.
Our 4-5 year olds join one of our Reception classes.
All children aged 3 and 4 are entitled to access Universal Free Entitlement: 15 hours a week for up to 38 weeks of the year. Your child qualifies for this from the academic term following their third birthday until the end of the term of your child’s fifth birthday.
The Universal Free Entitlement hours at The Abbey are offered between 12.30pm – 15.30pm within a package of in-school education, and are subject to availability. This is offered over the full school week, Monday to Friday inclusive, over our academic year of 34 weeks.
In addition, you may be entitled for Extended Entitlement for an additional 15 hours free childcare per week over the academic year of 34 weeks. HMRC determine eligibility for the scheme. To find out if you are eligible and can apply for your eligibility code on the Government website here.
The EYFE is shown on termly fee invoices. Any additional optional services (eg After School Care) are charged in addition and are invoiced separately. There are a variety of EY providers locally offering EYFE. Some may offer the funded entitlement only, without access to any additional services; others offer it over more or fewer hours of the week. Parents are advised to choose a service provider that best meets their needs. We offer term time sessions only over a 34 week academic year.
Bursaries (assistance with fees)
We offer assistance with fees for Senior School students who would benefit significantly from an education at The Abbey, which their parents could not otherwise afford to access. This assistance is in the form of bursaries, or fee discounts. These are means-tested: parental assets and income are assessed to determine eligibility for an award.
Every case will be taken on its individual merits but, among those who qualify financially, the academic potential of the candidate will be the overriding factor.
All bursaries are reviewed on an annual basis. Bursaries are not available at the Junior School.
Further information about Bursaries can be found in our Admission Policy found here. Parents should indicate to The Head of Finance and Resources that a bursary may be needed by emailing bursaries@theabbey.co.uk.
All bursary applications should be received by Friday 27 September in relation to a place for the following September.
