How much are private school fees increasing this year at your school?

[Roomgigi]

It's that time of year again... how is everyone's school fee increase looking?
I'm hoping for under 5% (secondary)

Literally just got the email, 3.9% not as high as previous years. So glad it’s his last year.

Just found out and it’s 4.25% here, was expecting more. Last year was 11% and not all VAT passed on. Although now £12950 a term for year 9 to 11 and £13150 for years 12 and 13.

A term??? Where in the country is this??

London or surrounds probably

My DS school is £21k per year, thankfully in S6 so won’t be impacted by fee increase.

Last year they didn’t increase fees as the year before we had VAT and 6% increase.

Southern shires prices for a decent selective.

4% - now £14,097 a term from September - day pupil at selective boarding school

I’m so glad we are out of that now! Finally…. I look back and wonder whether it was all worth the sacrifice to be honest! I feel like we would be massively better financial position if we hadn’t done it! It was fine 10 years ago but salaries haven’t increased as much as the fees did each year, plus the school trips and their increases too. Last year our schools both added 5% on, but that was our last year.

We are still waiting to hear, still slightly blows my mind that it is deemed standard to accept a place way before knowing what the actual fees are!!

These are so late that you’re already tied into next term not knowing how much you’ll be paying. I find that astonishing too.

Well exactly and definitely not post tax. My eldest 3 children are in private but we are going state for number 4 as the increases are out of control for us.

@Muchtoomuchtodo i was really surprised that we were expected to just sign up on this basis….i wouldn’t buy something in a shop without knowing the cost. A quick survey of friends showed me that all schools seem to do it. Sign up by early March and then fees released in April…

6% so 13k a term now year 11

So if there has been only a small increase this year do we brace ourselves for a massive increase next year?

I would always budget on the basis that over the time of a DCs school life fees will go up on average of around 5% - sometimes lower and sometimes higher….but rarely over 8% in a year because that automatically gives people the option to leave without notice. (Obviously VAT was an anomaly). Increases are always way above inflation which in my mind schools and I don’t know how they justify this by the time my DC finishes fees will be in the region of £17K a term for a day place which will price out most if us. I already counting down to them finishing.

Ok thank you. I don’t know how they justify it either, I suppose a business….

7%
we didn’t get the full 20% increase with VAT - they’re easing it in

Selective outer London school. Now also at almost £12k/term.

Thank goodness for scholarships and generous grandparents!

Entirely depends on the school. In our general area, it’s anything from around £24-25k to £38-39k (day fees). Boarding a lot more. Plus extras.

5% at the school we were considering. 14k a term day fees (that includes a music lesson at 1k a term) have made us rethink whether we really want to sink that amount of cash. Plus all the extras of exam fees and trips and god knows what else.