Fees from Janu­ary 2011

These fees are current and will be reviewed for Septem­ber 2012

The fees are subject to review in the Summer term each year with any increase taking effect from Septem­ber 1st. Please check with the school that the fees shown here are accur­ate and up to date.

Senior School and Sixth Form Fees

Fees shown are per term

Day Fees

Years 7/8  £4830                
Years 9/10/11 & Sixth Form   £4895

Termly sibling fee reduc­tion £200

Board­ing Fees

Years 7/8
Weekly        £6045                
Full time      £6550

Termly Sibling fee reduc­tion £200

Year 9
Weekly        £6110                
Full time      £6615

Termly sibling fee reduc­tion £200

Years 10/11 & Sixth Form
Weekly        £6990        
Full time      £7790

Termly sibling fee reduc­tion £200

Occa­sional board­ing     per night     £39

Ancil­lary Fees
Senior Music/Speech & Drama lessons    per term    £195    
Day pupils even­ing meal/breakfast                         £2.95

Regis­tra­tion Fee
Senior        £75

Accept­ance Deposit
Senior        £300

Click here to see details of fees for the whole school

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 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.

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.