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Fees and Extras

a) Items Covered: Fees cover the normal curriculum including class music, class drama and games together with most books and stationery. Other items incurred by the School or the pupil may be charged as Extras. The pupil is for these purposes agent of the parents. Damage done by a pupil, other than fair wear and tear, may be separately invoiced and must be paid as an extra.

b) Payment of fees and extras: Each invoice must be paid before the first day of term, at the latest. A pupil may be excluded from the School at any time when fees are unpaid and will be deemed withdrawn without notice 28 days after exclusion. (Then a term's fees in lieu of notice will be payable). The School is agent only in respect of any goods and services which are supplied by a third party via the School to pupils or their parents. Fees will not be refunded or waived unless relevant insurance is taken out (School Fees Refund Scheme leaflet available from Registrar) for absence through sickness; or if a term is shortened or a vacation extended; or if a pupil is released home after public examinations or otherwise before the normal end of term; or if food has not been consumed; or for any other cause except at the sole discretion of the Headmistress.

c) Responsibility for payment: Fees and Extras are the joint and several responsibility of each person who has signed the Acceptance Form or who has parental responsibility for the pupil or has paid any fees or has returned the pupil to the School or given instruction in relation to the pupil. The School may withhold any information or property while fees are unpaid.

d) Payment of fees by a third party: An agreement with a third party to pay the fees or any other sum due to the School does not release parents from any liability under these terms and conditions unless an express release has been given in writing signed by the Finance Manager. The School reserves the right to refuse a payment from a third party. All such payments received are accepted in good faith.

e) Late Payment: The right is reserved to make late payment charges composed of compound interest, from the first day of each term, and all administration and legal costs in relation to any sums that are unpaid by the due date. It is agreed that the amount of all late payment charges should reflect the commercial rates that would be applied by a financial institution in a case of unauthorised and unsecured borrowing. Such charges will be recoverable by action if necessary. Cheques delivered at any time after the first day of term will be presented immediately and will not be considered as payment until cleared. Any sum tendered that is less than the sum due and owing may in any event be accepted by the School on account only. The contents of clauses 4 and 5 of these Terms and Conditions are intended to protect those parents who pay fees on time and to safeguard the School against consequences of the defaults of others.

f) Scholarships, Exhibitions and Bursaries: Every scholarship and bursary is subject to high standards of behaviour, attendance and work. The terms of a scholarship or bursary and in particular the terms upon which benefits may become repayable are set out in the Terms and Conditions (where applicable) to parents. The School offers a number of MSJ awards which offer up to 100% remission of fees. The awards are means tested annually and are awarded on merit by the headmistress. For further details, please contact the Registrar.


g) Instalment arrangements: The School does not normally accept payment of fees by instalments but is happy to work alongside The Fees Company (www.feescompany.com) and HBC School Fees (www.hbcschoolfees.co.uk)

Events Requiring Notice in Writing

a) Definitions:

Notice to be given by parents means a term's written notice addressed to and actually received by the Headmistress. No other notice will suffice.
Notices must be hand delivered or sent by special or guaranteed delivery post to the school address.

Provisional Notice is valid only for the term in which it is given and only when written and accepted in writing by the Headmistress.

Term means the period between and including the first and last days of each school term.

A Term's Notice means notice given before the first day of term and expiring at the end of term. Half a Term's Notice means notice given before the first day of term expiring at half term, or notice given before half term expiring at the end of term.
Fees in lieu (of notice) means fees in full for the term of notice at the rate that would have applied had the pupil attended and not limited to the parental contribution in the case of a scholarship or bursary.

b) Cancelling Acceptance: A term's fees (less deposit/s held) will be immediately payable by the parents if, for any reason, they cancel their acceptance of a place less than a term before entry or the pupil does not join the School after a place has been accepted. Parents who withdraw giving a full term's notice before entry will not have to pay fees in lieu but the deposit will be retained by the School. Cases of serious illness or genuine hardship may receive special consideration on written request.

c) Withdrawal from the School: If a pupil is withdrawn before the end of her Sixth Form education a term's notice must be given before a pupil is withdrawn from the School or a term's fees in lieu will be immediately due and payable as a debt at the rate applicable on the date of invoice whether or not the place can be filled. The pupil's decision to withdraw from the School shall, for these purposes, be treated as a withdrawal by the parents. The School Year is deemed to start on 1st September in each year. The main reason for these rules is to ensure that the School has sufficient notice with which to plan fee levels, other resources and the curriculum.

d) Discontinuing Extras: Half a term's written notice is required to discontinue an extra-curricular activity or half a term's fees for the extra-curricular activity will be immediately payable in lieu as a debt.

e) Notice by the School: The School may terminate this agreement on one term's written notice sent by ordinary post and otherwise.