Fees

Ratcliffe College Fees (2024-2025)

All Fees include mid-day meal and afternoon tea for day students and all meals for boarders.

Fees are charged at the same rate each term, irrespective of the number of weeks in the term.

Full boarding fees include the cost of the programme of boarding weekend trips throughout the year.

Where EAL lessons are required for day and boarding students, lessons are charged at £1,020 for the Autumn Term and £1,176 incl. VAT for the Spring & Summer Terms.

Discounts

• Siblings – A discount of 10% is offered for the second child and 20% for the third and subsequent children (discount applies for children currently at the school).
• HM Forces – Serving members receive a discount of 10%.
• Direct Debit – £50 per student per term for payment using either the School’s Monthly or Termly Direct Debit Scheme.

Optional Extras

• Music tuition – £306 for the Autumn Term and £354 incl. VAT for the Spring & Summer Terms.
• Hire of an instrument – £41 for the Autumn Term and £48 incl. VAT for the Spring & Summer Terms.
• Additional teaching – Where required and agreed with parents, this will be charged at £57 per lesson for the Autumn Term, and £66 incl. VAT per lesson for the Spring and Summer Terms.

Please note that a full term’s notice is required in writing to discontinue any optional extras.

Additional Notes

Enrolment as a Preparatory School Cygnet and Swan on a part time basis.

It is not unusual for children’s attendance to vary significantly as they settle in during the first few months in the Nursery section of the Preparatory School, often increasing during the first year from 5 or 6 sessions to full time.  This has necessitated frequent adjustments to bills.  After the initial termly bill has been issued, subsequent changes are charged for on the next term’s invoice.  In these circumstances a monthly Direct Debit is not appropriate, and we will only normally agree to monthly Direct Debits for Cygnets when they are attending full time.  Please note that refunds cannot be made for absences through sickness or otherwise, but only for agreed changes in regular attendance.

Once the student becomes full time, subsequent terms will be billed in advance as normal and you may pay by Direct Debit.

1. Insurance

Students can be enrolled into the School Fees Refund Scheme; which refunds fees due to absence through injury or illness.  This is charged at a rate of 1.37% of fees for Day Students and 1.58% for Boarding Students.

In addition, students are automatically enrolled into the Pupils Personal Accident Insurance scheme at no additional cost.

Further details of both schemes are available on the School website.

The school does not accept liability for the loss (by theft or negligence), or damage to, students’ personal property, or property on loan to them.  We strongly recommend you check that your home and contents policy provides cover.

2. Other Charges

School fees are inclusive of mid-day meal and afternoon tea.  However, the following items will, in addition, automatically be included on the bill:

• Public Examination Fees – these are charged as an extra item, normally in the term in which the examinations are taken.
• Sixth Form Social Club Fee – a charge of £68 per annum for Sixth Form students.
• Parents’ Association Fee – a charge of £7 per family per annum for membership of the Parents’ Association.

Other incidental charges are itemised on the termly bill.

3. 1847 Bursary Scheme

In order to help support our public benefit as a registered charity, this one-off charge is for all new starters to the school. The money raised through this scheme each year will be used to support our 1847 Bursary Fund which will provide a life-changing opportunity, in the form of a 100% bursary, to support a child from a low-income family to come and study at Ratcliffe College. The total contribution to the fund per student for 2024-25 is £189 incl. VAT from January ‘25, divided into 3 payments of £57 for the first term and £66 for the Spring & Summer terms at Ratcliffe College.

4. Ratcliffian Association

Membership fees for the Ratcliffian Association (past students’ organisation) are included within the main school fees for all students, excluding Cygnets.  Membership of the Association is then free on leaving the School.

5. Payment

Payment may be made in three ways:

1. Termly Direct Debit – This is the preferred method of payment. The full amount of the termly invoice, including any incidental charges, will be taken on the first day of the term.
2. Monthly Direct Debit – Payments covering school fees are made in 12 equal instalments, starting in July and finishing the following June. Any amendments to monthly direct debits will be in relation to incidentals and will be advised of in advance.

Payment using either of the above Direct Debit schemes will attract a discount of £50 per student per term.

3. Termly Cheque or Bank Transfer – A termly invoice, including incidental charges, will be raised in advance of the beginning of term and may be settled by cheque, bank transfer or debit card. All fees and monies due from parents are required on or before the first day of the relevant term. Failure to do so, unless other arrangements to pay have been agreed, may result in the application of an interest charge of 3%+base rate per month on the outstanding balance which is calculated on a daily basis, and may result in the student being refused admission.

The Governors reserve the right to request the withdrawal of a student if the bills are not paid on time.

Please note that the school no longer accepts payment by credit card.

6. Notice of Leaving the School

A full term’s notice in writing (or a term’s fees in lieu) must be given by parents before a student is withdrawn.  This notice should be received by the Headmaster on or before the first day of term.  This includes students not returning after the Swans and not returning after Year 6, as well as students in Year 11 who are sitting for GCSEs, who are presumed to be going on to the Sixth Form at Ratcliffe College unless notice is received.

Governors traditionally review fees once a year and will endeavour to give at least one term’s notice of a rise in fees; however, they reserve the right to increase fees at other times if necessary.  A similar notice period is required for a change in the status of a student e.g. from boarding to day or full boarding to weekly boarding.

7. Ratcliffe College Bank

National Westminster Bank plc, Loughborough

Account Name                 Ratcliffe College

Sort Code                         60-14-10

Account Number             52707865

IBAN                                 GB34NWBK60141052707865

SWIFT Code                     NWBK GB 2L

If paying fees directly to our bank account, please use the Pupil Number as reference.

Apply now Visit Us