Acremont

An Acceptance Deposit (with an Additional Deposit for international domiciled parents) is required on entry into the school as per the table below.  For the sake of clarity, the Additional Deposit is levied in the case of a pupil whose normal residence is outside the United Kingdom, not where funds are paid from (except UK Forces/UK Diplomats/Civil Servants serving overseas on a “posting”, where it will be considered they are UK residents).

If you have paid an Acceptance Deposit using previously published rates, at the next move between Nursery and Reception, Year 2 into Year 3, or between Year 8 and Year 9, the level of deposit will need to be brought up to the level shown within the table below:

The Acceptance  Deposits will be retained within the general funds of the School until the pupil leaves and will be repaid by means of a credit without interest to the final payment of Fees or other sums due to the School on leaving.  The final bill is issued towards the end of the first half of the term following the term the student left.

The Additional Deposit for international domiciled students will be retained within the general funds of the School until the pupil leaves and will be repaid by means of a credit without interest to the final payment of Fees or other sums due to the School on leaving. The final bill is issued towards the end of the first half of the term following the term the student left.

If Fees in Advance are used to pay fees, the EEA Acceptance Deposit is required in addition to the FIA. When fees are paid in advance, any extra charges should be settled each term as per the invoice issued.

Little Ones: Nappies. Age-appropriate, nutritious food and snacks throughout the day.

Plus Twos, Nursery 1 and Nursery 2: Age-appropriate, nutritious food at lunch and tea time, depending on the sessions booked. All activities, classroom and indoor/outdoor play resources provided within each particular session. Any additional sessions asked for and taken are charged as extras over and above the pre-booked (charged in advance) sessions.

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2: The fees include lunch. School trips are included where they are part of the curriculum for whole year groups. Text books, all stationery items and classroom resources. Reception and Year 1 classes each have a Teaching Assistant. Year 2 shares one Teaching Assistant between two classes.

For any charges for items not included within the published termly/daily fees, you will either have requested it (e.g. after school care) or you will have been asked if you wish to opt for whatever is being offered (e.g. a school photograph). Any requested or agreed extra charges will be added to your next fees invoice. The only exception to this will be for Holiday Club, for which you will be sent a supplementary invoice soon after the start of the term following the Holiday Club.

Little Ones, Plus Twos and Nursery sessions are opted for on a termly basis in advance, organised by the administrative staff at King’s Ely Acremont. Those sessions opted for are then booked and invoiced in advance of the term starting. Any extra sessions taken during a term are recorded as extra sessions and invoiced retrospectively on the following term’s invoice. For example, the Lent Term invoice will be issued at the end of the preceding Michaelmas Term and will include the sessions opted for/booked for the forthcoming Lent Term as well as any extra sessions taken up during the previous Michaelmas Term.

Invoices are sent to parents three times a year, by email as a PDF attachment, approximately three weeks before the payment due date. Invoices are payable in full a week prior to the start of each term. The invoice will clearly state the date by which fees are payable.

Our overwhelming preference is for fees to be paid via internet banking/bank transfer direct into the school’s bank account, using the child’s fee account reference as the paying reference (to allow us to reconcile the payment to the correct child’s fee account). A lesser preferred alternative is payment by cheque drawn on a pound sterling bank account. We do not accept cheques/money orders from non-pound sterling accounts or accept cash for payment of fees (any cash payments should be made to us via the payee’s bank or by paying cash over the counter in a Lloyds Bank for credit direct into our school bank account). The school’s bank account details are on each invoice.

Debit and credit cards are accepted in person at the Accounts office or over the telephone (with the appropriate card transaction fees added to the payee’s account). Debit card transactions over the value of £1,000 will not attract a transaction fee.

There is no charge for those who secure a place for the present arrangement of up to 15 hours free care within the Nursery year (Nursery 1 and Nursery 2).  Our Early Years funding offer is restricted to only the Nursery 1 and Nursery 2 sessions each afternoon between 13.30 and 16.00 or 16.30 (the County Council stipulate there is a minimum of 2 ½ hours per funded session up to a maximum of 15 hours per week).

Individual music lessons are delivered by Visiting Music Teachers (VMT) at the rate of £39.32 per hour (£24.25 per 37 minute lesson). The normal termly charge is for a “package” of 10 x 37 minute lessons at £242.50 (£727.50 per academic year). Music lessons are invoiced by the self-employed VMT concerned in advance direct to the parents. Ceasing of lessons should be notified directly to the VMT a term in advance otherwise fees to the parents will be charged by the VMT.

Any missed lessons, without sufficient prior notice to cancel the music/instrument singing lesson will be billed directly to the parents, including those where free music lessons are awarded.

At present (Government changes are likely to come into effect in 2017), Childcare Vouchers can be used to pay against your child(ren)’s fee account for ‘childcare’ (for school fees).  This means Childcare Vouchers can be used to pay/contribute to fees for children in Little Ones, Plus Twos, and Nursery. Once they start school, i.e. Reception Year onwards, Childcare Vouchers can no longer be used to pay towards the tuition costs (school fees) but they can be used where registered providers accept them to pay for/contribute towards the costs of the following categories of childcare up until 1 September after the child turns 15 years old:

• Nannies
• Crèches
• Childminders
• Out of School Clubs
• Extra-Curricular Activities (such as music lessons)
• Breakfast and after-school clubs
• Holidays clubs or schemes

King’s Ely accepts Childcare Vouchers, but if you are using these to pay towards King’s Ely Acremont Nursery charges, please inform Accounts accordingly as we will need to understand the value and frequency of the vouchers so we can make sure we don’t chase for unpaid fees that will be paid via Childcare Vouchers.

Please see the GOV.UK website for detailed information about the Childcare Voucher scheme.