Fees and Parental Information

Registration fee
A £100 registration fee is payable at time of application.

Acceptance deposit
A £500 acceptance deposit is payable on reservation of a place, refundable at the end of the pupil’s final term. Parents resident outside the European Union are required either to provide an acceptable guarantee for the first term's fees or to deposit an equivalent sum with the College, to be refunded at the end of a scholar's last term.

Overseas clothing deposit

A Clothing Deposit of £650 will be charged to cover the issue of uniform from the College Shop prior to the start of term. The balance will be charged to or credited on the second term's invoice.

School fees
All fees are per term unless otherwise specified. The fees quoted below are for the academic year 2011/12. At present, fees are reviewed by the Governors annually and any change is made from the beginning of the Autumn term.

Termly fees

Junior school residential
(Form 1 & 2) 		£8,120
Day (Form 1 & 2) £4,630
Senior school residential
(Form 3 to 6th Form) 		£9,360
Day (Form 3 to 6th Form) £5,455

Occasional boarding
The College recognises that occasional or periodic boarding may be attractive to some parents and is happy to accommodate this. Arrangements should be made through the pupil’s Houseparent. The daily rate for occasional boarding is £36 per night for a maximum of ten nights per term.

Bus services
There are four buses which transport day pupils to and from the Ascot, Camberley, Fleet and Maidenhead areas each day. The routes and termly charges are as follows:

Ascot Bus

Ascot - Bracknell - Binfield - Bearwood

£500

Camberley Bus

Camberley - Sandhurst - Crowthorne - Finchampstead - Bearwood

£500

Fleet Bus

Fleet - Elvetham Heath - Hook -  Shinfield - Bearwood

£500

Maidenhead Bus

Holyport - Maidenhead - Twyford - Hurst - Bearwood

£500

Insurances
The following insurance schemes, operated by HSBC Gibbs are offered on an optional basis:

Private medical cover (BUPA) £63.00*
Personal accident insurance £3.75*
Personal effects insurance £10.00*
School fees protection insurance 0.6% of fees

*Premiums correct at date of publication.

Music
Individual tuition is charged at £24 for a 40 minute lesson and £18 for a 30 minute lesson per instrument. Tuition is subject to a term’s notice and fees are payable termly in arrears.

Speech and Drama
Lessons are £115 per term. The term is usually 10 weeks long and lessons are 40 minutes in duration.Tuition is subject to a term’s notice and fees are payable termly in arrears.

Activities where outside tutors are hired
Professional tuition is available at inexpensive rates for (eg) music, additional languages, aerobics, dance, golf, judo, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), riding, fencing etc. A term's notice is required should parents / guardians wish to discontinue a scholar's use of these chargeable activities.

Design & Technology and Photography
A contribution towards the cost of some materials for project and photography work may be charged over and above a stated 'per capita' norm.

Study Support

Scholars who are identified as having some particular learning difficulty may have individual or group lessons.

Individual 50 minute lessons £34.50 per lesson

Group 50 minute lessons £26 per lesson

ESOL
ESOL lessons are available to all scholars whose first language is not English. Termly fees are charged on the number of lessons per fortnightly timetable:

Forms I-III    Lessons set against mainstream English and/or Modern Foreign Languages.

Block One (English), 8 lessons per fortnight £822 per term

Block Two (MFL), 5 lessons per fortnight £526 per term

Form IV    Lessons set against mainstream English and/or Modern Foreign Languages.

Block One (English), 8 lessons per fortnight £822 per term

Block Two (MFL), 7 lessons per fortnight £739 per term

Form V     Lessons set against mainstream English and/or Modern Foreign Languages.

Block One (English), 8 lessons per fortnight £822 per term

Block Two (MFL), 5 lessons per fortnight £739 per term

Scholars who require additional support for their GCSE studies will be charged accordingly.

Forms LVI-UVI    Lessons are provided on a support basis and to prepare scholars for the IELTS test and/or other ESOL examinations:

Up to 10 lessons per fortnight, £18 per lesson.

Other

The following items (mostly optional) are chargeable: Sierra Club subscriptions, Duke of Edinburgh Silver and Gold Awards, CCF camps and equipment losses, CCF subscriptions for V and VI forms, public examination fees for Retakes, ESOL, LAMDA and Music (other than GCSE/AS/A2 Music examinations), Independent School Careers Organisation (ISCO) sessions, specific texts required for English at GCSE, AS and A2 Level, College uniform, dry cleaning, mending and marking clothing, books and magazines, stationery or equipment specifically purchased for individual scholars, College property lost or damaged by scholars, medical fees, transport and prescriptions, gum shields (as provided through College), College photographs, non-syllabus-required trips and visits.

 

The following items are included in the major fee charge: full board for boarders and lunch for day scholars, CCF subscriptions for III/IV Forms, Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award, Careers guidance, UCAS applications, syllabus-required educational trips and visits, non-fundraising dances/discos etc., house subscriptions.

Stationery

Scholars may make stationery purchases at the College Shop.

Bearwood Parents Association

An optional contribution of £5 per term to Bearwood Parents Association is charged.

 

Bearwood Old Royals' Association

All former scholars, known as Bearwood Old Royals, are welcome to participate actively in the Bearwood Old Royals' Association (BORA).  An optional lifetime membership fee of £75 will be included in the first term’s invoice (Yr 7 onwards).

Scholarships and Bursaries
The College has a range of scholarships available. The College aims to improve accessibility by providing bursaries which are means-tested. Members of HM Forces and the Merchant Navy are eligible for a discount and details of all these schemes are available on request.

Methods of Payment
Payment is due on or before the first day of term and may be made by cheque, giro or by direct bank transfer. Alternatively, payment may be made, via Holmwoods Termtime Credit, by monthly direct debits. Parents may make lump sum payments for a year or more in advance if they wish. Further details are available from the Bursary.

The above charges are subject to change. Please enquire to confirm current fees.

If you would like to print a copy of our Further Information Booklet for 2010/11, please click here. The Further Information Booklet for the academic year 2011/12 will be available before the beginning of the Autumn Term.

 

Parental Information

Parental Information
Click here for the latest Parental Information booklet 2011/12, revised May 2011.

Click here for the previous Parental Information booklet 2010/11, revised May 2010.

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Rules and Regulations

Click here for the latest Rules and Regulations booklet 2011/12, revised May 2011.

Click here for the previous Rules and Regulations booklet 2010/11, revised May 2010.