Fees from Janu­ary 2011

These fees are current and will be reviewed for Septem­ber 2012

Nurs­ery

5 morn­ings per week  £995 per term

5 after­noons per week £840 per term

5 midday sessions includ­ing lunch £280 per term.

Fewer than 5 sessions per week will be charged pro rata. The school is registered for the payment of the nursery grant.

Junior School

Recep­tion         £1435 – £2195 per term
Infants              £2350 - £2595 per term
Juni­ors             £2975  - £3145 per term

These fees are inclus­ive of lunches, break­time refresh­ments, and early and late stay activ­it­ies. Recep­tion pupils may to start on a morn­ing only basis to ease the trans­ition to full time education.

Senior School and Sixth Form

Boarders

Full Board­ing                 £6550 - £7790 per term

Weekly Board­ing           £6045 - £6990 per term

Flexi board­ing               £39 per night

Day

£4830 - £4895 per term

Music lessons - Indi­vidual lessons (piano, violin, etc) £195 per term for each instru­ment. (10 lessons per term).

Speech and Drama lessons -  £105 per term - junior,  £195 per term - senior

Sibling fee reduc­tion - £150 per term - infant & junior, £200 per term senior, day and boarding.

Bursar­ies and Scholarships

No child who would bene­fit from the educa­tion that Friends’ School provides should be discour­aged from apply­ing solely on the grounds of finan­cial need.

Friends’ School is commit­ted to broad­en­ing access to the School by offer­ing means-tested finan­cial support as bursar­ies towards meet­ing the cost of school fees. Bursar­ies up to 100% of fees are avail­able depend­ing on parents’ finan­cial circum­stances. Parents seek­ing finan­cial support should in the first instance contact the Bursar to request the neces­sary forms.

The completed forms, together with other docu­ment­ary evid­ence reques­ted, are to be submit­ted to the Bursar for consid­er­a­tion no later than the date of the Entrance Exam­in­a­tion in any year for a pupil wish­ing to take up a place in the follow­ing September.

Quaker Bursar­ies In common with the six other Quaker schools in this coun­try, we parti­cip­ate in the Joint Bursar­ies Scheme which is designed to help and encour­age Quaker Famil­ies to send their chil­dren to a Quaker School. Parents contrib­ute accord­ing to an assess­ment of their finan­cial resources and the scheme is also suppor­ted by the Reli­gious Soci­ety of Friends and the School. Friends are asked to contact the Bursar for further information.

Schol­ar­ships

The school is able to offer a number of Schol­ar­ships, at both 11+, 13+ and at Sixth Form level, to pupils based on academic merit. Schol­ar­ships are also avail­able to those who demon­strate excel­lence in Music, Art, Drama or Sport.

Year 7 (11+)

Schol­ar­ships up to a maximum of 50% of the day fee may be awar­ded on the grounds of Academic Excel­lence follow­ing Entrance Tests, one specific­ally for a child from Friends’ Junior School.

Four schol­ar­ships of £500 per term will be awar­ded to Year 7 pupils who demon­strate partic­u­lar abil­it­ies in the fields of Art, Music, Drama and Sport.

• Require­ments for the Art Schol­ar­ship will be a submis­sion of course work, a letter of recom­mend­a­tion from the candidate’s art teacher, an exam­in­a­tion, and an interview.

• The stand­ard expec­ted for the Music Schol­ar­ship is a minimum of Grade 3 in the chosen instru­ment, with some abil­ity expec­ted on piano (if this is not the chosen instru­ment). Candid­ates will be expec­ted to perform on the instru­ment and there will also be aural tests and an inter­view. Instru­mental tuition will also be provided free of charge on the success­ful candidate’s main instrument.

• Candid­ates for the Sports Schol­ar­ship must be able to show sports compet­ency in a number of activ­it­ies with partic­u­lar interest in a team game. Assess­ment will be by prac­tical inter­views and refer­ences from the candidate’s present school. The award holder will be expec­ted to be avail­able for all school teams.

• The Drama Schol­ar­ship will be awar­ded to the pupil who demon­strates a passion and under­stand­ing for the subject. The award holder will be expec­ted to be avail­able for all relev­ant drama produc­tions and become a member of the Drama Club.

Year 9 (13+)

Schol­ar­ships up to a maximum of 50% of the day fee may be awar­ded on the grounds of Academic Excel­lence to a child join­ing the School in Year 9.

Four schol­ar­ships of £500 a term will be awar­ded to external applic­ants join­ing the School or to exist­ing Year 8 pupils moving into Year 9. These are for chil­dren who show partic­u­lar abil­it­ies in the fields of Music, Sport, Drama and Art.

• Candid­ates are expec­ted to have reached at least Grade 4 in their chosen instru­ment for the Music Schol­ar­ship, and to have contrib­uted regu­larly to a choir or music group. Instru­mental tuition will also be provided free of charge on the success­ful candidate’s main instrument.

• The Sports Schol­ar­ship is awar­ded to a child show­ing all-round sport­ing abil­ity and regu­lar contri­bu­tions to a sports team. The award holder will be expec­ted to be avail­able for all School teams.

• Those apply­ing for the Art Schol­ar­ship will need to demon­strate a port­fo­lio of work and have a refer­ence from their Art teacher indic­at­ing outstand­ing ability.

• The Drama Schol­ar­ship will be awar­ded to the pupil who demon­strates a passion and under­stand­ing for the subject. They should have a broad outlook on the subject and have an interest in a number of theat­rical genres. The award holder will be expec­ted to be avail­able for all relev­ant drama produc­tions and become a member of the Drama Club.

Sixth Form Scholarships

These are awar­ded, usually after the results of GCSE exam­in­a­tions are known, at the Head’s discre­tion to students who would contrib­ute substan­tially to the academic or community life of the School, up to a maximum of £2,000 per annum.

Sixth Form Inter­na­tional Board­ing Scholarships

Two awards may be made to high achiev­ing over­seas students join­ing the Sixth form as boarders and who will be with us for 2 years. The awards allow board­ing educa­tion at the cost to parents of the applic­able day student fee. Awards are made at the Head’s discretion.

Addi­tional Information

If you are inter­ested in apply­ing for a Sport, Art, Drama or Music schol­ar­ship please contact the Admis­sions Secret­ary for further inform­a­tion and an applic­a­tion form, and the Bursar to discuss the finan­cial aspects of these schemes. Please note that late applic­a­tions will not be accepted.

In the event of an academic or other schol­ar­ship being awar­ded on merit to the child of a member of the School staff, no monet­ary value will be attached to the award.

In the event of a prospect­ive pupil not taking up the offer of an academic schol­ar­ship, this may be offered to the child who achieved the next highest results.

The names of the award hold­ers will be presen­ted to the Governors’ Educa­tion Commit­tee and recor­ded in their minutes. The awards will be reviewed annu­ally and reten­tion will be subject to contin­ued progress in academic stud­ies or contri­bu­tions to Sport/Art/Music/Drama as appropriate.

Please contact the Admis­sions Secret­ary admissions@friends.org.uk for general inform­a­tion and an applic­a­tion form, and the School Account­ant bursar@friends.org.uk on finan­cial aspects of these schemes.