Fees

Gateways: a good investment in your child’s future

Each of us has stood at a crossroads where we were faced with government-funded education for our child or private education. Gateways School produces pupils who are confident, imaginative, resourceful, eager to learn and for whom everything is possible. We provide a first-class education that is grounded in the modern world; creating opportunities for pupils to learn new skills and develop existing ones. Gateways delivers excellent academic results and pupils leave us with the ability to adapt to the changes they will encounter in their future. Our strength is in understanding each pupil as an individual learner who has specific goals and needs. At Gateways, no pupil is anonymous.

Many Gateways parents work long hours and forego luxuries because they believe Gateways is the optimal environment for their child. We take their investment in their child’s education and in the school seriously. We are committed to upholding the values, ethos and high-quality education that are synonymous with Gateways, and are continuously looking for new ways to improve our efficiency. For example, we are introducing a system of communication, SchoolComms, which will enable us to contact parents quickly and easily by e-mail or text message, rather than sending numerous letters. We are also reviewing all our overhead expenditure and negotiating savings on all controllable costs.

We hope you will agree that Gateways is a good investment in your child’s future.

The following fees are applicable from September 2009.

The Gatehouse Nursery (2–3 years)

Lower Reception  (3–4 years)

 In addition, lunch is charged at £2.75 per day.

The school is currently a registered provider of the Nursery Education Grant for which all three and four year olds are eligible, regardless of parental income. Pupils are entitled to a grant payment for up to 15 hours of nursery education per week . The full entitlement is approximately £500-£600 per term (depending upon the length of the term). We currently (academic year 2009/2010) claim the grant on our parents' behalf and credit their fees account accordingly. This may be subject to change.

All fees are reviewed annually and new fees are effective from the 1 September each year.

Commitment fee

On acceptance of an offer of a place, a commitment fee of 25% of the first term’s fees is payable within 21 days of the date of the offer. This is refunded on the final term’s account.

Fees concessions

For members of one family attending Gateways at the same time, there is a reduction of 5% in fees for the second child, 10% for the third and 15% for the fourth and subsequent children.

Notice
As with the majority of independent schools, Gateways requires one term's written notice upon withdrawal from the school.