Pembroke School

Note:

Application Fee – An amount of $110 (inclusive of GST) is payable at the time of submitting a formal Application for Admission to the School. This fee is non-refundable and covers the administration costs associated with the admissions process.

Admission Fee and Tuition Bond – Upon acceptance of an Offer of Admission to the School, the Admission Fee of $750 and a $1,000 Tuition Bond are payable. The Tuition Bond will be credited on the first fee statement. Where the Acceptance of Admission is subsequently cancelled prior to the student starting at the School, both the Admission Fee and the Tuition Bond are forfeited.

Fixed Charge

The Fixed Charge allows the School to absorb many of the various small charges incurred during the year, such as Student Accident Insurance Cover, the School Diary, Outdoor Education Camps, Unitas, general excursions, class/tute photographs and any other relevant item. Several elements of the Fixed Charge, including the School Diary, Unitas and some food provided on camps are subject to GST. This amount of $12.00 is included in the Charge.

The Fixed Charge is payable for each student and no allowances are made for siblings.

Pembroke Building Fund

The Shipsters Road Project opened for student learning at the start of Term 3, – marking a culmination of support from a philanthropically minded school community who generously donated to the School Building Fund. We sincerely thank all those families whose donations to the Fund assisted to make this project a reality. The three storey building celebrates the best possible education environment, comprising Technology (Digital and Design) on Ground Level, Science on Level 1 and Visual Art on Level 2.

Major building projects are only possible with the philanthropic support of our community. We invite you to be a part of realising the School’s Facilities Master Plan by making a tax-deductible donation to the Pembroke Building Fund. The suggested amount is $810 pa, $270 per instalment or $81 per monthly direct debit. Your valued donation will be recognised under the School’s Community Giving Programme with cumulative donations of $1,000 qualifying the donor(s) for membership to the Pembroke School Foundation.

While the new Middle School Development is open, the School will continue paying for this significant project for a period of time. As such, all Building Fund donations will continue to be applied to the Shipsters Road Project.

School Policies and Your Obligations

1. The fees detailed in this schedule are effective from 1 January and will remain in force until such time as changed by the School Board.
2. Whilst it is the aim of the School Board to set fees on an annual basis, the Board reserves the right to change this at any time.
3. School fees fall due at the beginning of the period they cover and are payable in advance.
4. The persons who have contractually taken on responsibility agree to be bound by the School’s schedule of fees and charges.
5. The School’s accounts for fees, charges and disbursements are to be paid within four weeks of the account being rendered or received via monthly direct debit. The School reserves the right to refuse continued enrolment at the School if the account is not paid by the due date.
6. The School account must be up to date before a student is permitted to go on any non-curriculum trips, camps or excursions for which a charge is levied.
7. The School reserves the right to recover any collection costs as a result of accounts being overdue.
8. The School requires a full term’s notice in writing to be given before the removal of a student from the Day School and before the discontinuation of any special extra subject. Failing such notice the applicable fee for a full term will be levied.
9. Enrolment and re-enrolment into the Boarding House is for the full school year unless otherwise agreed. Parents accept the responsibility for the payment of the boarding fees for the whole of each year or the agreed lesser period for which the student is accepted into the Boarding House. No refund will be offered for students whose accommodation ends “early” due to the nature of their study, for example Year 12 students who in most cases leave the Boarding House prior to the end of Term 4, on the completion of their final examinations/assessments. Students not re-enrolling into the Boarding House for the following year must give notice no later than the first day of Term 4 of the preceding year. Failing such notice annual boarding fees for the subsequent year will be levied.
10. Written application for rebates for extended absences due to student illness must be made to the Principal, Mr L Thomson.