Fees

Education: the best investment

Thank you for considering Westbourne School for your family.

As you will learn throughout our admissions process, families find great value in the breadth and depth of education on offer at Westbourne. An educational journey, set in Penarth, near Cardiff, which culminates in confident, considerate children graduating with outstanding academic outcomes.

As a school, we seek to attract highly motivated and talented students. Families who feel that full tuition is out of reach should please not be put off contacting our admissions team to discuss our scholarship and bursary opportunities.

Tuition Fees

Nursery fees

Daily: 7:30am – 6:00pm	£63.00
Half Day Session: subject to availability	£38.00

Prep School

Day Pupil Fees 2022- 2023	Termly	Yearly
Reception	£3,064	£9,192
Year 1	£3,345	£10,035
Year 2	£3,582	£10,746
Year 3	£3,992	£11,976
Year 4	£4,187	£12,561
Year 5	£4,607	£13,821

Senior School

Day Pupil Fees 2022 – 2023	Termly	Yearly
Year 6	£4,953	£14,859
Year 7	£4,953	£14,859
Year 8	£4,953	£14,859
Year 9	£5,287	£15,861
Year 10	£5,287	£15,861
Year 11	£5,287	£15,861

Sixth Form

Day Pupil Fees 2022 – 2023	Termly	Yearly
Year 12	£5,384	£16,152
Year 13	£5,384	£16,152

International Day Students

As a Child Student UKVI License holder we are able to offer visa support for international families seeking an academic British education for their child.

For students looking to live with a close, UK based, eligible family member, attending school as a day student, the administrative charge applied to the tuition fee is £3,000 per academic year.

For students under the age of 12 and coming to the UK with a sponsored parent, the administrative charge applied to the tuition fee is £4,500.

Our experienced international admissions team will work closely with you throughout the visa application process.

Boarding Fees

Boarding House

September 2022 – July 2023 Fee Schedule
International student boarding fees: accommodation within the Boarding House or No.5	£13,540 per term £40,620 per year

Fees include	All tuition Accommodation during term time and half term breaks All meals, including weekends Guardianship of your child No exeat weekends Airport transfer days at the start and end of each academic year
Fees can paid annually, in advance, or termly. When paying termly, the payment schedule is as follows: 15th May, 15th September and 15th January, for Autumn, Spring and Summer terms respectively.

Home Stay

International boarding fees: accommodation within a local home stay.

£12,983 per term

£38,950 per year

Fees include:

Tuition

Accommodation during term time and half term breaks

All meals, including weekends

Guardianship of your child

No exeat weekends

Airport transfer days at the start and end of each academic year

Fee Remission

Sibling Offers

We offer an automatic sibling discount to all Westbourne families, upon a sibling joining the school community.

Stepping Up to School – Reception – Year 2

For pupils joining Reception, Year 1 or Year 2, who have one full fee paying sibling at Westbourne, we offer a 50% remission in fees throughout the second siblings time in R, Yr1 and Yr2.

Years 3 – 13

2nd child: a 10% discount is applied to their fees
3rd child: a 20% discount is applied to their fees
4th child: a 30% discount is applied to their fees

Scholarships

We offer a number of academic scholarships to students from Year 3 onwards each year.

Scholarships awards represent a partial remission in tuition fees and are based on academic performance in entrance exams, an additional scholarship paper and interview. Our Admissions Team will gladly advise on Scholarship deadlines.

Financial Aid

As a school we aim to attract the brightest academic students, families who may feel that a Westbourne education is out of reach are warmly invited to discuss our means tested bursaries, in confidence with our Asst Director of UK Admissions.

International Payments

Flywire

We are happy to accept fee payments from international families via Flywire, an online payment system that makes international transactions faster and simpler.

Click here to view our school page on Flywire and make a payment.