Admissions

Fees

Application and Acceptance Fees 2024-2025

	Application Fee (from 1 January 2025)	Acceptance Fee (inclusive of VAT)	The Nest (Nursery) Acceptance Fee (inclusive of VAT)	Additional deposit	Amount to be credited in first term	Amount to be held until leave date
UK*	£150	£1,800	£2,500	£1,000	£1,800	£1,000
Year 9 Pre-tested	£150	£3,000	N/A	£1,000	£3,000	£1,000
Overseas**	£150	One term's fee	N/A	£1,000	One term's fee	£1,000
*Pupils whose parents are settled in the UK and who are ordinarily resident in the UK at the time of acceptance
**Pupils whose parents reside overseas or do not have settled status and who are not ordinarily resident in the UK at the time of acceptance

Application and Acceptance Fees 2025-2026

	Application Fee (inclusive of VAT)	Acceptance Fee (inclusive of VAT)	Additional deposit	Amount to be credited in first term	Amount to be held until leave date
The Nest*	£200	£1,500	£1,000	£1,500	£1,000
UK**	£200	£1,800	£1,000	£1,800	£1,000
Year 9 Pre-Testers	£200	£3,000	£1,000	£3,000	£1,000
Overseas***	£200	One term's fee	£1,000	One term's fee	£1,000
*Nest acceptance fee and deposit does not have VAT applied
**Pupils whose parents are settled in the UK and who are ordinarily resident in the UK at the time of acceptance
***Pupils whose parents reside overseas or do not have settled status and who are not ordinarily resident in the UK at the time of acceptance

School Fees 2024 – 2025

(with effect from 1 January 2025 inclusive of VAT)

Pre-Prep 2024-2025 (Spring and Summer terms)

	per term £
Reception - Year 2 Day	4,672

Prep School 2024-2025 (Spring and Summer terms)

	per term £	per night £
Shell (Years 3 - 4) Day	7,205
Form 1 – Upper Third (Years 5 – 8) Day	7,594
Weekly Boarding	12,214
UK Full Boarding	12,773
Overseas Full Boarding^*	13,025
Flexi Boarding		104
^Pupils whose parents reside overseas or do not have settled status and who are not ordinarily resident in the UK
*If billed by the College

Senior School 2024-2025 (Spring and Summer terms)

Fourth Form - Upper Sixth (Years 9-13)	per term £	per night £
Day	9,574
Weekly Boarding	15,501
UK Full Boarding	16,859
Overseas Full Boarding^*	17,493
Flexi Boarding		104
^Pupils whose parents reside overseas or do not have settled status and who are not ordinarily resident in the UK
*If billed by the College

School Fees 2025 – 2026

(with effect from 1 September 2025 inclusive of VAT)

Pre-Prep 2025-2026

	per term £
The Nest* - 5 Full Days	4,812
The Nest* - 4 Full Days	4,235
The Nest* - 3 Full Days	3,175

The Nest* - 5 Mornings	3,822

Reception - Year 2 Day	4,812

*We have a limited number of Funded Early Education Entitlement (FEEE) places available for three and four year olds to access up to 15 hours each week free of charge. FEEE funded hours are only available from 12.00pm until 15.00pm each afternoon in the NEST, in line with our funding contract. We regret that we are unable to offer the extended 30hrs of free childcare however are able to split FEEE with another provider.

Prep School 2025-2026

	per term £	per night £
Shell (Years 3 - 4) Day	7,421
Form 1 – Upper Third (Years 5 – 8) Day	7,822

Senior School 2025-2026

Fourth Form - Upper Sixth (Years 9-13)	per term £	per night £
Day	9,862
Weekly Boarding	15,966
UK Full Boarding	17,365
Overseas Full Boarding^*	18,018
Flexi Boarding		106
^Pupils whose parents reside overseas or do not have settled status and who are not ordinarily resident in the UK
*If billed by the College

Additional Payments

We endeavour to keep extra payments to a minimum so that family budgeting is as straightforward as possible. For this reason, accommodation and laundry (for boarders), EAL/ESOL (for international boarders), lunches, stationery and textbooks are all included in the fees. Due to the variety on offer, and their various charges, external examination fees are added on an individual basis to the fees for the term in which the examination is taken.

Additional Payments 2024-2025 (Spring and Summer terms)

	per day £	per term £
Music Lessons*		320
Musical Instrument Hire*		77
LAMDA Lesson (Group/Individual)		269/362
EAL/ESOL for day pupils		543
Wraparound Care in the Prep School**
Early Stay from 7.30am – 8.00am	6.50
Shell Late Stay 4.00pm - 5.00pm (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday)	6.50
Shell Late Stay 3.30pm - 5.00pm (Wednesday)	9.75
Shell Late Stay 5.00pm - 6.00 pm	6.50
**Limited places available, booking essential.

Additional Payments 2025-2026

	per day £	per term £
Music Lessons*		275
Musical Instrument Hire		79
LAMDA Lesson (Group/Individual)		277/373
EAL/ESOL for day pupils		560
*If billed by the College an additional 20% VAT will be charged.

Ways to Pay

Direct Debit

Payment Portal

Where a direct debit instruction is not in place, we recommend using our payment portal, which is administered by Flywire. This is a secure payment system that allows you to pay from any country and in your home currency. You can find out more information about Flywire here.

Payment portal: https://bishopsstortfordcollegefees.flywire.com

School Fee Plan

Through School Fee Plan you can pay your school fees monthly. We are an appointed representative of Premium Credit Limited which is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. School Fee Plan is a trading style of Premium Credit Limited (company number 02015200).

SCHOOL FEE PLAN

Fees in Advance

You can choose to pay school fees in advance. Our College’s fees in advance scheme offers the opportunity to pay a discounted lump sum in return for a guaranteed credit to be applied to your child’s fee account termly over a pre-defined period.

Further details, a quote and the scheme conditions can be provided on request to the finance team by emailing fees@bishopsstortfordcollege.org

Childcare Vouchers

We accept payment through Child Care Vouchers (CCVs) or the Government Tax Free Childcare (TFC) for allowable costs which most usually are:

All the fees in the year in which the child is five years old (CCVs only)
Boarding up to the end of the year in which the child is 15 (12 for TFC)
Wraparound care and after school sports in Pre-Prep
Wraparound care in the Prep School where the schemes allow.

A financial advisor will be able to provide advice on the purchase of the vouchers. If CCVs or TFC are used the amount paid by direct debit will be adjusted given sufficient notice to do so.

Notice of Withdrawal

In accordance with our terms and conditions, a full term’s notice must be given in writing to the Head if you wish to remove your child from the College or withdraw the acceptance of a place for your child at the College.