Fees for the Senior School are £3,090 per term.
Fees include all charges for tuition, examination entries and textbooks.
Fees are payable only by direct debit, either termly or 3 times per term. If you experience difficulty in paying the fees or expect to experience difficulty, you should contact the bursar at the earliest possible opportunity.
Financial assistance
The school is able to offer limited fee assistance to those parents whose income is such that they would not otherwise be able to pay full fees. The school has insufficient resources to satisfy the demand for assistance each year and awards will therefore be based on the child’s performance in the entrance examination and the degree of assistance required. The latter will be based on an annual declaration of income and assets and the amount which parents are willing to contribute towards the annual fees.
The school bursary scheme will provide assistance to parents who satisfy the above criteria. Assistance towards the cost of school uniform, school meals and travel costs (for children who live more than 3 miles from the school) will be available for those parents who satisfy the particular eligibility requirements for such additional assistance.
Parents whose income to 5th April 2012 exceeds £55,750 will not qualify for assistance. Those parents whose income is less than £22,000 may be offered full remission of fees.
If you wish to be considered for a bursary please tick the appropriate box on the application form. All parents who have ticked that box will be sent a provisional declaration of income form immediately after the closing date for the submission of applications for entrance. That form will require a declaration of your income for the year ended 5th April 2011 and an estimate of your income for the fiscal year 2011 / 2012. It will also ask for details of savings and other assets as at 31st December 2011. It must be returned, fully completed, by 31st January 2012.
If your child is successful in the entrance examination he / she will be offered a place, by letter, on 28th February 2012. That offer will inform you of the provisional level of bursary award (if you qualify on financial grounds) in terms of your contribution towards fees. You should then follow the instructions relating to your acceptance of that place.
In May you will be asked to complete a final declaration of income form. On this you will be asked to enter details of your actual income to 5th April 2012 and confirmation of your capital assets at 31st December 2011. With this declaration you will be asked to provide documentation to corroborate your income for the previous fiscal year. We will inform you of the amount of your own contribution towards fees, in writing, during the course of the school summer holiday.
The bursary will continue for every year in which your child remains at the school. We may ask you to pay a greater proportion of the fees if your income should rise, but there is no obligation on the school’s part to increase the percentage should your income fall. in the latter situation each particular case will be judged on its merits. Each summer therefore you will be asked to complete a new declaration of income form and to provide details of your income for the previous fiscal year.
You will be provided with explanatory notes in order to help you to complete both the provisional and final declaration forms. Alternatively you may telephone Mrs Barbara Kershaw, the assistant bursar, on 0161 419 2401 for help or further information.
Music scholarships
2 music scholarships are available each academic year to cover up to 25% of the school fees.
These are awarded following audition to prospective pupils who have already reached a high standard on one or more instrument and who show outstanding musical potential.
Please see the application form for admission for music scholarship application procedure.
