What is included in our fees?

• Activities that form part of the curriculum
• Books and stationery supporting the curriculum and most materials required for Art and CDT
• Career profiling, a professional assessment designed to quantify the skills and aptitudes of pupils in Years 11 and 13 and provide detailed guidance regarding future careers and university courses
• Copies of the ‘Kent College Times’ sent free of charge to each household
• Exam fees for entering pupils at GCSE or their first A/S and A2 examinations in the Sixth form, and international students for their first English examinations at various levels
• All meals for boarding pupils and lunches for day pupils
• Personal accident insurance for pupils
• All bedding and internal laundry services for boarders
• Trips that are designated by the school to be obligatory in support of the curriculum e.g. Science and Technology Week, theatre visits, and geography field trips: and costs associated with representing the school in designated sports fixtures and events. A contribution will be required for residential trips.

What is not included?

The costs of the following services and activities will be put on the fees account as extras with the prior authority of parents:

• Books that remain the personal property of the pupil (library/textbooks that are lost may also be charged)
• Daily minibus services for day pupils
• Chubb School Fees Insurance* arranged by the school
• Individual music tuition/hire of musical instruments and LAMDA lessons
• Expenditure incurred by pupils in the Thrift Shop and 1885 (school cafe)
• The cost of participation in certain specialist sports e.g. judo and riding
• The costs, which are usually subsidised by the College, of special trips e.g. additional trips to the theatre.
• Contributions will also be required for residential trips.

*Chubb School Fees Insurance covers the payment of school fees in the event of the unavoidable absence of a pupil from school owing to illness or accident, or the closure of the school in certain specific circumstances. The cost of the policy is automatically added to the school bill unless parents/guardians choose to opt out.

Specialist & Bespoke Provision

(as arranged directly with parents)
Membership of the Dyslexia Support Centre: £1,350 per term
Membership of the International Study Centre: £1,350 per term
English as an Additional Language: £875 per term

Individual Tuition

• Individual Tuition with a teacher: £52 per hour
• Paired Tuition with a Teacher: £30.30 per hour
• Shared Tuition with a Teacher: £21.30 per hour
• Individual Learning Support Assistant: £30.30 per hour
• Shared Learning Support Assistant: £16 per hour

Scholarships, Bursaries and Remissions

The percentage fee reduction awarded will be applied to the day tuition fee only. The inclusive fee consists of a tuition fee and a facilities fee. The tuition fees for the academic year 2018/19 are:-

• Year 7: £4,800 (Inclusive fee £5,488)
• Years 8-9: £5,300 (Inclusive fee £5,988)
• Years 10-13: £5,400 (Inclusive fee £6,105)

Sibling Allowances

When three or more children from the same family are attending Kent College simultaneously, the following remissions may be granted: Third child: 20% bursary Fourth and additional children: 40% bursary This bursary is given in respect of the youngest child/children. It is not given in addition to any other award, and is not available for children in the Garden Cottage Nursery or Pre-Reception (Nursery).

HM Forces Allowance

Personnel who are eligible for the Boarding School Allowance are entitled to a 90% reduction in fees.