Financial Planning Advice

The costs of education and care at Independent Schools vary, depending upon area, type of school and often reputation.

The chart below provides an idea of the average level of fees. It does not include estimates associated with "specialist" schools or EFL Schools.

School fees are sometimes subject to additional costs for particular facilities and/or activities such as music lessons, school trips, examination entry, elocution, particular sports and specialist subjects. These ought to be taken into consideration when estimating the potential costs.

Over a student's entire time at school, from age 21/2 to 18 the cost of good education mounts up. Even without inflation a student attending a day school for this entire period may end up costing around £75,000 or more. At boarding school the costs are significantly more.

So, the key to meeting these bills is carefully considered financial planning.

One should begin the planning process as early as possible, preferably even before the student attends pre-preparatory education. School fees rise with the pupil's age and therefore putting monies aside for higher levels of fees whilst the student is young, and fees are relatively inexpensive, is a wise policy.