Registration & Deposit
A registration fee of £125 must accompany each application
form. This non-refundable fee covers all administrative work
involved in processing an application.
A non-refundable deposit of £1,000 for day students, or £2,000
for boarding students, must be received after a student has been
accepted and before a place can be confirmed. A deposit of £2,000 is required for day students when the period between the date of acceptance and the student's stat date is 20 days or less. The deposit is
applied towards the second semester tuition charges.
Payment methods
For convenience ACS now accepts the following debit and credit
cards for payment of Registration and Deposit fees.
In addition,we also accept Registration & Deposit payment by cash,
cheque and direct bank transfer. For further information and/or to
arrange any othermethod of payment, please contact the School’s
Admissions office.
School fees
In order to facilitate payment of school fees, we offer the
convenience of choosing one of the following methods:
- Sterling cheque drawn on a UK bank account
- Sterling cheque drawn on a foreign bank account
- US Dollar cheque drawn on an American bank account
- Direct payment (i.e. BACS, wire transfer, etc)
- Any of the debit or credit cards shown above
Please note that payments by credit card are subject to a 2.5%
handling charge.Also any bank charges incurred by other payment
methods will be debited to your child’s school fees account and further
payment will be required to settle such charges.
For more information, or to arrange any other method of payment,
please contact:
School Fees Officer
ACS International Schools
Heywood
Portsmouth Road
Cobham, Surrey
KT11 1BL
Conditions of Admissions
School fees are payable by semester in advance, and accounts must be settled in full on or before the first day of each term. Interest will be charged on overdue fees accounts. Students will not be allowed to start school until invoices have been settled.
Debentures
A parent or guardian of each student in Grades K-13 is required to
subscribe for a debenture of £250 in each of the first two semesters of
attendance. The debentures are intended to provide the School with
capital to helpmeet the cost of the ongoing improvement of the
School’s overall programme.
For further details, please see the Fees and Conditions section in the Application for Admission.
Day tuition
The tuition fees, per semester (two semesters) are as follows and include the loan of textbooks, laboratory fees, classroom materials and curriculum related school field trips that take place within a single day.
| R3 |
£2,810 (half day) |
| Scramblers |
£2,810 (half day) |
| Pre-kindergarten |
£3,065 (full day) £4,155 (half day) |
| Kindergarten |
£6,940 |
| Grades 1 - 2 |
£7,595 |
| Grades 3 - 4 |
£7,630 |
| Grades 5 - 6 |
£8,365 |
| Grades 7 - 8 |
£8,420 |
| Grades 9 - 10 |
£9,140 |
| Grades 11 - 13 |
£9,140 |
Boarding fees (ACS Cobham only)
7 - day boarders, per semester (two semesters)
Grades 7 - 13 : £6,880
Includes: room and board, weekend activity fee and autumn break holiday trip.
5 - day boarders, per semester (two semesters)
Grades 7 - 13 : £5,025
Includes: room and board, and an option to remain on campus for five weekends per semester without additional charge.
Tuition fees are additional to boarding fees.
Bus service
The fees for bus service (per student, per semester) are as follows:
Door-to-door service : £1,090
There is a reduction in the door-to-door charge for siblings, when two or more are collected at the same house:
| 2nd child |
£1,070 |
| 3rd child |
£1,060 |
| 4th child |
£1,050 |
| Shuttle/point pick-up service |
£435 |
Invoices
Invoices for the 2008/2009 academic year will be issued and due on the following dates:
1st Semester Invoice issue date 5 June, 2008
1st Semester Invoice due date 27 June, 2008
2nd Semester Invoice issue date 6 November, 2008
2nd Semester Invoice due date 21 November, 2008
Text books
A set of textbooks is loaned to each student.At the end of the year, or
earlier for transferring students, the booksmust be returned in the
condition in which they were issued, allowance beingmade for fair
wear and tear.
A charge will bemade for textbooks/library books lost or damaged
beyond the accepted standard.
