Our fees include many costs associated with providing a thorough education at College, including teaching, essential educational materials and text books, and many curriculum trips.
Fees also include the provision of pastoral care, Personal Accident Insurance, meals and snacks, and many other activities as part of the co-curricular and weekend programmes.
Fees for Lower College, Upper College and current pupils moving to Sixth Form
For the academic year , College fees will be:
*Fees for new girls joining College in the Sixth Form:
For the academic year College fees will be:
There may be further charges for external exams, some co-curricular activities (such as offsite activities or additional music and drama lessons), extra coaching, some curriculum trips, educational magazine subscriptions and optional insurances. Further details can be found in our Schedule of Fees.
| Registration and Exam fee (non-refundable) | £250 |
| Acceptance fee (non-refundable) | £350 |
| Acceptance deposit for entrants that parents reside within the UK (day) | £1,500 |
| Acceptance deposit for entrants that parents reside within the UK (boarding) | £3,000 |
| Acceptance deposit for all other entrants | £14,000 |
A place at College is accepted upon receipt of a completed acceptance form, the Acceptance fee and the relevant Acceptance deposit. For Beale Award applicants: A reduced Registration and Exam fee of £50 is available. The Acceptance fee will be due in full, and the Acceptance Deposit will be pro-rated in line with your award value.
Schedule of Termly Fees
School fees are divided equally across the three terms of the academic year and are applied irrespective of the length of the respective term. This includes the fee for terms when students complete public examinations and may choose to leave before the end of the academic term, when the prevailing tuition and boarding fees for that term apply in full.
| Fees per term | |
| Lower College and Upper College | £9,900 |
| Sixth Form who have transitioned from CLC Upper College | £9,900 |
| Sixth Form new to CLC who have not transitioned from Upper College | £11,300 |
The day fees include tuition of the curriculum, lunch, some trips and pupils’ personal accident insurance. Care for day pupils continues after the end of the school day until 7pm in the evening and is included within the above fees.
Boarding Pupils
| Fees per term | |
| Lower College and Upper College | £15,050 |
| Sixth Form who have transitioned from CLC Upper College | £15,050 |
| Sixth Form new to CLC who have not transitioned from Upper College | £16,900 |
The boarding fees covers the same as day fees, plus the term time provision of accommodation, breakfast, supper and laundry (excluding dry cleaning).
Sibling Discount
College applies a 20% discount to fees of day pupils where they are the third sibling or any subsequent student to the third sibling that have attended College. College applies a 10% discount to fees of boarding pupils where they are the third sibling or any subsequent student to the third sibling that have attended College. This discount is applied to the fee before any other discount or awards are applied, eg. bursaries. College reserves the right to change or remove the sibling discount at any time
Bursaries
Our means-tested bursaries are known as Beale Awards, named after our second and longest-serving Principal, Dorothea Beale, who was a pioneer in the education of young women. These awards offer fully or partially funded places to talented girls seeking either boarding or day places at College. We are committed to educating those whom we believe are likely to flourish here, regardless of their means and these awards take into account both the financial circumstances of an applicant’s family and her performance in written entrance tests and interviews. All Beale Award families are also supported with pro-rated financial assistance towards the additional costs of attending school, such as uniform and co-curricular activities. Beale Awards are available for entry to Year 7 (11+), Year 9 (13+) and Year 12 (16+), and to families where we can ensure that the fee-paying parent(s) are resident in the UK for tax purposes. It is expected that parents identify their intention to apply for a Beale Award during the registration process. In addition to submitting a Beale Award Registration Form, we strongly encourage families who are considering applying for a Beale Award to contact the Admissions Department (bursaries@cheltladiescollege.org) well in advance. This will enable our team to support you through your Beale Award application, make you aware of additional steps in this process, and give you the greatest chance of being considered for the funds available.
Extras are charged in arrears on a termly basis, and can include subject trips, extra tuition, co-curricular activities, house activities and sundry house expenditure. The exception to this is student devices which are invoiced in advance. All pupils will be automatically enrolled onto the CLC Digital Device Scheme, the scheme is compulsory for all students and full details of this scheme are sent to all existing and prospective parents
Extra Tuition
Extra tuition can be for the following subject areas:
In order to maintain consistency of the cost of the extra tuition, the termly fees cover 10 lessons. However students may receive more lessons in one term due to the length of the term being greater than 10 weeks, and may receive less lessons where the term is shorter than 10 weeks. Over the course of an academic year, a student will receive, and is charged for 30 lessons. In the event that a teacher is unable to provide a lesson in a particular week, every effort will be made to ensure this lesson is caught up, and if it cannot be, the termly charge will be reduced by the number of lessons missed in that term. Please note that if lessons are missed by no fault of the teacher, we cannot guarantee that these lessons will be made up, and under these circumstances, the lessons will still be charged for. Ordinarily, Music tuition takes place as an individual lesson, with Speech and Drama, and Modern languages taking place as either individual lessons, or as part of groups. If musical instrument hire is required, this is charged at £44 per instrument per term.
| 30 minute lesson (per term) | 45 minute lesson (per term) | 60 minute lesson (per term) | |
| Individual | £365.00 | £547.50 | £730.00 |
| 2 pupils | £212.00 | £318.00 | £424.00 |
| 3 pupils | £160.00 | ||
| 4 pupils | £145.00 | ||
| 5 pupils | £116.00 | ||
| 6 pupils | £100.00 |
Notice is required in writing to the Head of Department in order to discontinue these co-curricular activities, and the relevant departments will be in touch with you at the start of the academic year to confirm the termly deadlines for cessation of these lessons. A term’s fees in lieu of notice will be charged should insufficient notice be provided.
Examination Fee
Please note that all public examinations including GCSEs, IB and A Levels are chargeable and will be added to the school invoice. These are charged in the term before the exams are due to be taken. The typical charge is in the region of £45 to £150 per exam.
Termly invoices are issued ahead of each academic term and payment is due by the first day of each term. In line with College’s Terms and Conditions, interest will be applied on all late payments from the due date, until the date that payment is received. College also reserves the right to suspend the provision of services when payment has not been made.
Feea in Advance
College offers a fees in advance scheme which provides a discount on fees paid in advance for more than four academic terms, and you can elect to pay for any number of terms beyond this. For a quote or more information on the fees in advance scheme, please email fees@cheltladiescollege.org.
Direct Debit
Should you wish to pay the termly invoices by direct debit from a UK bank account, please complete and return the direct debit mandate form, which can be found in the new Enrolment Pack or by emailing fees@cheltladiescollege.org, please return this form to the same email. There are no additional charges to pay the school fees by direct debit. Please ensure the direct debit mandate is returned by 31st July to join the scheme for the following academic year. If two presented direct debit collections fail, College reserves the right to remove the parents from the scheme and payment of the fees will be due immediately as debt.
Termly Direct Debit
Termly direct debits are collected three times per year, on the first day of each term, and will be for the full balance of the termly invoice (fees and extras).
Monthly Direct Debit
Parents can alternatively elect to pay in equal monthly instalments, for the fees and any insurances that you have opted into, less any discounts that are applied to your account. If you elect to pay by monthly direct debit, the fees will be collected in 11 monthly instalments, commencing on 1st September each year. You will receive a schedule of payments in August to confirm the monthly payments. There will be an additional collection on the first day of each term, which will be for the value of extras for the previous term, as detailed on your invoice
Bank Payment
Payment can be made by direct bank transfer to the College bank account detailed on your invoice. If you would like to confirm the bank details, please do not hesitate to contact the finance team on +44 (0)1242 520691 or by fees@cheltladiescollege.org. Please ensure that you include your daughter’s name or invoice number on your payment to ensure we allocate your payment to your account correctly. If you are making payments to College from overseas accounts, please ensure that you have covered all bank charges associated with making the payments.
Cheque
If you elect to pay the termly invoices by cheque, please ensure the cheque is made out to ‘Cheltenham Ladies’ College’ and sent for the attention of Miss Harriet Bew. Please send the cheque with sufficient time for the funds to clear ahead of the start of term. Please include your daughter’s name or invoice number on the reverse of the cheque so we allocate your payment to your account correctly.
Cash
We are unable to accept any payment in cash.
Money Laundering and Sanction Checking
As you might expect, College has robust policies and procedures in place relating to money laundering and sanctions checks which may be accessed via the Parent Portal. Before entering into a transaction with a person or organisation with whom we have no prior transactions, we always take reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person or organisation. Equally if we receive payments into College from an unexplained third party we will always enquire as to the rationale for this payment and will request additional information to enable us to identify the third party. We always start with the premise that the individuals from whom we accept funds are no risk; however, it is important we have procedures in place to highlight instances where this may not be the case. College remains committed to detecting and preventing criminal activity and fraud, and we use a third-party database, which clearly flags if an individual is sanctioned.
Cyber Crime and Phishing
Unfortunately schools and parents continue to be targeted by cyber criminals and phishing attacks, therefore we urge parents to be vigilant when receiving requests for changes to bank account details, offers of discounts or refunds that you are not expecting. We always recommend you do not respond to any email that you are unsure of, and we welcome you calling us on +44 (0)1242 520691 and ask to be put through to the Finance Team who can confirm if the email or request is genuine. College cannot accept any responsibility for payment to incorrect bank details. 10
Membership of Guild
As part of the termly school fee, pupils are automatically enrolled to the Incorporated Guild of Cheltenham Ladies’ College, which is the former pupils’ association, provided the following conditions apply: • All fees are paid. • The pupil has completed six terms in College or are aged 14 or over on leaving, unless the Principal recommends that no invitation to join be extended.
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