Herne Hill School

Nursery (available half day only):

Mornings: £1,455
Afternoons: £1,320

* Only available to children whose third birthday is during the summer preceding the Autumn term
** Kindergarten children staying on Friday afternoon are pooled from the three classes into a Kindergarten Group where they enjoy a range of creative and play activities

Pre-Prep:

Reception, Year 1 & Year 2: £3,290

Fees include tuition, books and other school materials such as recorders or book bags, pupil accident insurance and all outings.  Individual piano, violin and cello lessons can be arranged with peripatetic music teachers and are billed directly by these teachers.

Herne Hill School is a member of Southwark’s Early Years Partnership.  As such, parents of pupils aged 3-4 years are currently eligible to receive a contribution.

Fees are normally set annually, and we always aim to keep rises as modest as possible while enabling us to sustain the school’s ability to achieve its excellent results.  For example, the increase we announced in March 2009 for the forthcoming academic year was £100 per term for the Pre-Prep, with a proportionally similar rise for the Nursery and Kindergarten.  The increase in March 2008 for this academic year amounted to 3.6% over 2007-2008, even though inflation was already running at a much higher level.

We consider our fees to be very good value.  By far the greatest proportion of fees goes towards staff costs.  Indeed, staff costs account for about 75% of our total operating costs (all costs excluding interest expense, depreciation and tax, and of course before capital expenditure), and about 80% of staff costs are for staff directly working with the children; only about 20% of staff costs are to cover management, admissions, administration and bursary costs.  So, in financial terms, parents are primarily paying for a great staff:pupil ratio of highly dedicated educators who deliver highly individualised education.