The fees are determined annually by the Governors at their March meeting. The Governors reserve the right, however, to respond to need by changing the fees at any time.
Registration and Enrolment Fees
The £120 (£100 +VAT) Registration Fee covers all the normal costs of the admissions process and is non-refundable.
The following payments are required to secure a place at Donhead once an offer has been made:
- An Enrolment Fee of £600 (£500 +VAT). This will be allocated to the Donhead Bursary and Charitable Purposes Fund, which provides charitable help pursuant to the aims and ethos of Donhead. The Enrolment Fee is non-refundable.
- A deposit of £500 that will be deducted from the child’s final term’s fees.
Fees for 2025- 2026
| Pre School- including funded hours (VAT not applicable) | |
| Free hours- 10 hours Monday and 5 hours Tuesday | |
| Fee for rest of mornings | £1990 |
| Fee for one extra afternoon per week | £480 |
| Fee for lunch only- one per week | £150 |
| Fee to all mornings and all afternoons | £3910 |
Reception without funded hours (aged 5) | |
| Termly fee | £4770 |
| Food and Stationery | £250 |
| VAT | £954 |
| Total | £5974 |
| Reception when funded hours apply | |
Termly fee | £3820 |
| Food and stationery | £250 |
| VAT | £764 |
| Total | £4834 |
| Years 1- 6 (PP1- Elements) | |
| Termly fee | £4980 |
| Food and stationery | £250 |
| VAT | £996 |
| Total | £6226 |
Fees are payable strictly in advance. These fees include all tuition, lunch, break-time drinks and snacks.
Music tuition
Individual instrumental and singing lessons are available and are separately charged. Peripatetic instrumental teaching fees are £250 per term for ten 30 minute sessions.
Parents are invoiced by the music tutor at the beginning of term and fees are payable directly to them within two weeks.
Outings & Visits
Payments for excursions and visiting performers are charged individually at the end of each term by invoice.
Extra Curricular Clubs
Please visit the Extra Curricular section of our website for details of the costs, where applicable, of individual clubs and activities, Breakfast Club and After School Care.
Notice of Withdrawal
We require one full term’s notice, in writing addressed to the Headteacher, of the intended withdrawal of a pupil from the school. If such notice is not given, a term's fees in lieu of notice will become due immediately. No exceptions can be made to this rule.
Bursaries
The Governors operate a Bursary Fund for those families where the continued payment of the school fees at Donhead becomes a major difficulty. When this happens, the Governors are willing to consider sympathetically applications for the postponement of fees. This can be for either compassionate reasons or for reasons of financial hardship. All Bursary applications are means-tested. At the moment, Bursaries are not awarded for new entrants, although this provision is constantly under review.
