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School Fees

School Fees 2024/2025

Cumnor House School provides a unique, values-led experience, bridging co-ed and single-sex education with its extraordinary Early Years and school sites. Our excellent learning locations help ensure that our students benefit from a wide range of facilities, sports, arts and extra-curricular opportunities, alongside a robust academic curriculum that consistently leads to offers and scholarships at some of the UK's leading senior schools.

We have transparent fees with different payment options available. The tables below clearly show what is and isn’t included in our fee structures.

Although we charge fees termly there is an option to pay monthly via direct debit with School Fee Plan.

If you have any questions regarding fees or payments, please do not hesitate to get in touch with our Admissions Team.

What's included?

What's not included?

KINDERGARTEN & PRE-SCHOOL FEES | SEPTEMBER 2024 - AUGUST 2025

At both of our Kindergarten & Pre-Schools we welcome boys and girls from the age of two years old.

 

We have one 51-week Kindergarten & Pre-School located on Pampisford Road, South Croydon on our outstanding playing fields, with fees paid monthly.

 

Our second Kindergarten & Pre-School is located on the tree-lined, gated community of the Webb Estate in Purley. This site is shared with the Reception children and is open during term-time in line with our Girls’ and Boys’ Schools. Fees at Purley are paid termly.

 

Included within your fees: lunch and snacks (a tea-time snack is offered to children staying beyond 3pm, either in the tea-time club or as part of the year-round provision). Nappies, where applicable, are also included in the fees.

 

All Nursery fees shown below are exempt from VAT. The Government has indicated that Nursery Fees will continue to be exempt from VAT from 1st January 2025, when independent schools will be required to charge VAT on School Fees from Reception upwards.

SOUTH CROYDON: Open 51 weeks a year (hours: 8:00am - 6:00pm)
MONTHLY FEES
Full Time (5 days)£1,710
4 days£1,367
3 days£1,029
Cumnor House Kindergarten & Pre-School, South Croydon is open from 8:00am (7:30am for breakfast) to 6:00pm for 51 weeks of the year.
PURLEY: Term-time only (hours: 8:00am - 3:00pm).
TERMLY FEES
Full Time (5 days)£4,850
4 days£4,206
3 days£3,343
Cumnor House Kindergarten & Pre-School, Purley is open from 8:00am to 3:00pm term time only, in line with Cumnor House School term dates.

Kindergarten & Pre-School Entry

To secure your child’s place at Cumnor House Kindergarten & Pre-School, please see our Admissions Process.

Registration Fee: £125
Acceptance Deposit: £750
Administration Fee for late cancellation of place: £400

Find out more.

Cumnor Girls & Cumnor Boys Fees | September 2024 - August 2025

CUMNOR BOYS & CUMNOR GIRLS
SPRING AND SUMMER 2025 - FEES PER TERM
Reception (Age 4-5)£5,544
Years 1-2 (Age 5-7)£5,577
Years 3-4 (Age 7-9)£6,578
Years 5-6 (Age 9-11)£6,692
Years 7-8 - Boys School (Age 11-13)£6,787
The fees above are for Spring and Summer Terms 2025 and are inclusive of VAT which will be applied from 1st January 2025.​
PAYMENTS FOR NEW STUDENTS
ONE OFF PAYMENT IN FIRST YEAR
Registration Fee£125 (non-refundable)
Acceptance Deposit£750 (refundable when your child leaves Cumnor House)
Administration Fee for late cancellation of place£400

Payments

Key information on making payments:
  • Fees are due in full by direct debit on or before the first day of each term.

  • New: 15 hours Childcare Entitlements for Working Parents of 2 year olds. From April 2024, the Government has indicated that childcare providers will be able to receive Nursery Grant Funding for children from the age of 2 years, if parents meet the eligibility criteria. It is our intention to offer this to eligible families at Cumnor House. As you begin your admissions process with us, our team will advise you on the next steps and how to set this up.

  • 15 hours Funding for 3-4 years olds. Cumnor House is registered to receive Nursery Grant Funding for all children aged 3-4 years. Our Admissions and Finance teams will advise you on everything you need to do to set this up.

  • We accept Childcare Vouchers and Tax Free Childcare. Our Admissions Team will be able to talk you through how to set this up.

  • Payments may be made by the School Fee Plan (SFP).

  • If an instalment plan is in place, you must adhere to the agreed timing, frequency and method of payment.

  • One term’s written notice is required before the removal of a child, or in the case of year-round nursery place, the notice period is 3 months. A term’s fees will be payable in lieu of notice. This must be sent to the Head of School.

  • A full term’s notice of all fee increases is given by the end of the Spring Term.

Sibling discounts:
  • 5% discount for one sibling

  • 10% discount for an additional sibling

  • 15% discount for any further siblings

Cognita is an appointed representative of Premium Credit Limited which is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. *School Fee Plan is a trading style of Premium Credit Limited.

TRANSPORT FEES | SEPTEMBER 2024 - AUGUST 2025

Home to school transport

Our school transport runs to our Girls' School and Boys' School every day during term-time, with fees dependent upon the travel band within which your child's daily journey falls.

We operate three school buses that run daily serving Clapham South, Tooting Bec, Streatham, Upper Norwood and Caterham, Sanderstead, Hamsey Green, Warlingham & Purley.

Pricing is based on full-time travel commitments and may be selected as either one-way or a full return service.

Please see table below for pricing details.

Travel bands for school transport

Unless otherwise stated, pricing is based on full-time travel commitments, and both AM and PM use.
School Term
Band A
Band B
Band C
Band D
Autumn£470£500£540£620
Spring£470£500£540£620
Summer£470£500£540£620
One-way cost per term£235£250£270£310

International student fees

International students key information:
  • To secure a place, a terms worth of fees is required as a deposit. This is refundable when your child leaves school.

  • International students will be asked to pay the full year of tuition fees upfront.

Cumnor House School

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