General information
Additional costs
There are charges for individual educational items such as recorders, the cost of school trips and/or travel costs for additional school outings. Parents are notified in advance.
Sibling discounts
These are available for all children, at the rate of 20% for the youngest child(ren) enrolled in the school.
Bursaries
The school considers applications for fee discounts through our Bursary Scheme, which is based on an evidence-based means test and subject to availability. Families who are unable to meet the required fees can apply to the Community Bursary Fund. Please see our website for further details and a downloadable copy of the Application Form and our Bursary Policy.
Childcare vouchers
We are able to accept childcare vouchers provided by some employers for children aged up to 5. Vouchers cannot be accepted once the child reaches compulsory school age. Please note that in accordance with HM Revenue and Customs guidelines, compulsory education starts from the term after a child reaches age 5. Prior to that, the 'education' is deemed to be childcare.
Payment of Accounts
Payments can be made by standing order, bank transfer or through your employer’s salary sacrifice scheme (salary sacrifice schemes can be used until your child is of compulsory school age), cheque or cash. Fees are invoiced before the start of each term and are payable in full within 21 days or by monthly standing order. The method of payment must be agreed with the finance officer in advance of the term/year start date.
Please note: All fees are reviewed annually and therefore financial agreements will be valid for the current school academic year. We are not able to accept cash payments of more than £500 at a time.
Late or non-payment of fees
Interest on unpaid fees will accumulate at 5% over the Bank of England interest rate. Please see our ‘Non-payment of fees policy’ for more information on how the school approaches late fee payment.
Important Note: Voluntary withdrawal of a child from either Kindergarten or the Lower School, after formal acceptance has been confirmed and the contract is signed, is subject to one full half term’s notice (notice given on or before the first day of a half-term and expiring at the end of that half-term) or one full half-term’s fees in lieu of notice being payable. This is the case whether withdrawal should take place mid-term or at the end of an academic year.
Donations
Cambridge Steiner School is an independent school that relies solely on parental input and contributions (financial and otherwise) for its financial and environmental wellbeing. The school strongly encourages parents to make additional financial contributions above the prescribed ‘fees’ wherever possible, towards the provision of educational resources and bursaries. These are best made as ‘gift aid’ donations.
Gifts of this nature, both small and large, are invaluable to us as they enable us to provide a better teaching and learning environment for our children, as well as allowing us to maintain a bursary system. Our ability to keep our fees low and access to a Steiner education as broad as possible relies to a large extent on the generosity of those parents who are able to make donations of this kind. If you are able to make a donation, please contact reception for a Gift Aid form, or you can download one here: Gift Aid Form
Thank you.
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