Thank you for considering a Copthill education for your family.
For most families, investing in an independent school education requires careful financial planning. As you will learn through the admissions process, families find great value in the Copthill experience and the distinctive way in which we prepare our pupils for the future.
NURSERY & PRE SCHOOL TERM TIME FEES 2024/2025
| NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL TERM TIME SESSIONS 2023/2024 | ||
| Sessions with no Early Years funding | ||
| Morning session | 08:15-12:45 | £38.20 (including lunch) |
| Full day | 08:15-15:15 | £60.60 (including lunch) |
| Sessions with Early Years funding included | ||
| There is a small daily charge to cover the areas outside the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework and a charge for food and drink. | ||
| Days in School | 15 Hours Funded | 30 Hours Funded |
| 1 | £29.65 | £29.65 |
| 2 | £59.30 | £59.30 |
| 3 | £105.05 | £88.95 |
| 4 | £166.85 | £118.60 |
| 5 | £228.75 | £148.25 |
| BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE | ||
| Before School Care | 07:45-08:15 | £2.00 |
| Breakfast | £1.80 | |
| After School Care | 15:20-18:00 | £2.00 per 20 minutes |
| Tea | £2.75 | |
| HOLIDAY CARE | ||
| Mornings | 08:30-12:30 | £24.95 |
| All Day | 08:30-16:00 | £42.95 |
| Early Drop Off | 07:45-08:30 | £4.50 |
| Late Collection | 15:30-17:30 | £4.50 per hour |
| REGISTRATION | ||
| There is a non-refundable registration fee of £100.00 per family that is payable on the completion of the Registration Form. Admission and entry will then be subject to the availability of a place. Upon registration, the school will keep you informed of the availability of places. | ||
| ACCEPTANCE OF A PLACE | ||
| Once an offer of a place has been made formally in the Early Years, this is secured on completion of an Acceptance Form and receipt of a £150 refundable deposit. The deposit is per pupil and refundable when the child leaves the Early Department. | ||
Tax-Free/voucher childcare payments
Payment using either one of the childcare schemes are acceptable as payment for all fees up to the age of 5. Over 5 years, payments can be used for any extended day care or holiday club facilities.
Early Years Funding
We offer a combination of both 15 and 30 hour Government funded childcare places.
All children aged 3 and 4 can claim up to 15 hours funded childcare per week, for 38 weeks, totalling 570 hours for the year.
Funding can be claimed, the term following the child’s 3rd birthday. Some working parents may be eligible for the additional 15 hours funded childcare (totalling 30 hrs per week).
Eligible 2 year olds up to 15 hours per week. (from April 2024)
There are additional charges to the funded childcare, to cover the areas outside the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework and for food & drink.
For more information on funding and for step by step guidance with help towards childcare costs. please visit www.gov.uk/get-childcare.