The Government have announced that VAT will be imposed on school fees from January 2025.
To help mitigate the impact of VAT, the Governors have decided to reduce the headline fees for the next two terms (Lent and Trinity 2025) by 5.3% based on the assumption that VAT at 20% will be imposed from 1 January 2025. Should the rate at which VAT is levied, the timing of its implementation, or any other material details deviate from our current assumptions, we will update this page of any consequent changes to our planned fee adjustments.
Registration Fees and Acceptance Deposits
Registration Fee
£120 per child, reduced to £60 for siblings (inclusive of VAT)
Refundable Acceptance Deposit - Year 3 and above
An Acceptance Deposit of £500 is payable by all parents, resident in the UK, on acceptance of a place.
An Acceptance Deposit of £1000 is payable by all parents, resident outside of the UK, on acceptance of a place.
Please note - the refundable Acceptance Deposit will be automatically added to the Michaelmas bill of children moving up from Year 2 (Pre-Prep) to Year 3 (Prep).
Additional Deposit
Parents normally resident outside of the UK must pay a One Term Fee Deposit at the same time as the Acceptance Deposit.
NURSERY
| Fee Type | Autumn Term (per session) | Lent and Trinity Terms (per session) |
| Full-time (8:15am - 3:45pm) | £3,375 | £3,375 |
| Full day (8:15am - 3:45pm) | £73.50 | £73.50 |
| Morning (8:15am - 11:15am) | £35.00 | £35.00 |
| Lunchtime (11:15am - 12:45pm) | £23.25 | £23.25 |
| Afternoon (12:45pm - 3:45pm) | £35.00 | £35.00 |
Sherborne Prep accepts Government Child Care Vouchers
RECEPTION - YEAR 2
| Fee Type | Autumn Term | Lent and Trinity Terms (ex. VAT) | Lent and Trinity Terms (inc. VAT) |
| Reception - Year 2 | £3,375 | £3,195 | £3,834 |
*a refundable deposit of £500 is applied to all children moving from Year 2 in to Year 3. This will be included in the Year 3 Michaelmas bill.
PREP
| Fee Type | Autumn Term | Lent and Trinity Terms (ex. VAT) | Lent and Trinity Terms (inc. VAT) |
| Day: | |||
| Year 3 | £5,175 | £4,900 | £5,880 |
| Year 4 - 6 | £6,350 | £6,015 | £7,218 |
| Year 7 - 8 | £6,600 | £6,250 | £7,500 |
FULL & WEEKLY BOARDING
| Fee Type | Autumn Term | Lent and Trinity Terms (ex. VAT) | Lent and Trinity Terms (inc. VAT) |
| Full Boarding: | |||
| Years 3 - 6 | £8,995 | £8,520 | £10,224 |
| Years 7 - 8 | £9,495 | £8,990 | £10,788 |
| Weekly Boarding (5 nights a week): | |||
| Years 3 - 6 | £8,210 | £7,775 | £9,330 |
| Years 7 - 8 | £8,400 | £7,955 | £9,546 |
FLEXI BOARDING
| Fee Type | Autumn Term |
| Flexi Boarding: | |
| 1 night | £50 |
| Flexi Boarding (booked in advance - whole term): | |
| 1 night | £47.50 |
| 2 nights | £45.50 |
| 3 nights | £43.50 |
INTERNATIONAL BOARDING
| Fee Type | Autumn Term | Lent and Trinity Terms (ex. VAT | Lent and Trinity Terms (inc. VAT) |
| International: | |||
| Year 3 - 6 | £9,750 | £9,235 | £11,082 |
| Year 7 - 8 | £10,250 | £9,705 | £11,646 |
EXTRAS
| Extra Tuition | Individual Music Tuition | £33.50 | per lesson | |
| Extra Tuition | £35.00 | per lesson | ||
| EAL | £35.00 | per lesson | ||
| Speech and Drama | £35.00 | per lesson | ||
| Nursery | Early Club (Sign up required) | 8:00am to 8:15am | £2.50 | per session |
| Stay and Play | 3:45pm to 5:00pm | £5.50 | per session | |
| Lunch | 11:15am - 12:45pm | £23.25 | per session | |
| Pre-Prep | Early Club | 8:00am to 8:15am | £2.00 | per session |
| After School Stay and Play | 3:45pm to 5:00pm | FOC* | ||
| After School Clubs | 3:45pm to 5:00pm | FOC* | ||
| Supper Club | 5:00pm - 6:00pm | £5.50 | per session | |
| Breakfast Club | 7:30am - 8:00am | £3.00 | per session | |
| Prep | Supper Only | 6:00pm - 6:30pm | £5.50 | per session |
| Breakfast Club | 7:30am - 8:00am | £3.00 | per session | |
| After School Enrichment | 5:00pm - 6:00pm | FOC* | ||
| School Minibus Run | as required | £5.00 | per journey | |
| siblings on same trip: | £4.00 | per journey |
School trips - as and when organised, with advance notice to parents.
*there may be an additional charge for some enrichment activities if run by external specialists
Saturday Activity Programme - free if run by a member of staff
Siblings:
A 10% sibling discount is offered when you have three children at Sherborne Schools (comprising of Sherborne Prep, Sherborne School, and Sherborne Girls).
A sibling discount also applies where families have a third child at Sherborne School, but this only applies for the duration the children are at Sherborne Prep School. If the third child, then joins Sherborne School or Sherborne Girls, he or she will have the sibling discount and not the oldest child who had previously received it. The fourth and subsequent children will receive a 15% discount.
Military Families Discount & Bursaries:
We have a range of fee concessions for military families looking for either boarding or day places. We offer means tested bursaries to families.
School Fees:
We are very happy to accept School Fees in monthly payments via School Fees Plan. Please click below for more information.