Fees cover tuition as part of the regular curriculum, textbooks and scientific materials, and personal accident insurance.

Public examination fees charged by the examination boards are covered, except re-marks requested by parents or re-sits of modular examinations which are charged directly to parents at the examination board rates.

Fees do not cover optional extra subjects or tuition, which are charged for directly by the School or the self-employed peripatetic teacher. The costs of most stationery, trips, visits and other activities are also additional to the fees.

Fees do not include School lunches. All pupils up to the end of Year 11 are required to have School lunch and the cost is added to the fees account and collected at the same time.

Payment of fees

Fees must be paid for by the Bank Direct Debit system and the necessary form can be provided either by the school of from the Trust Head Office. The fees may be paid either termly in advance or by monthly instalments (4 per term). There is an administrative charge of £24 per term if you choose to pay monthly.

A fee of £30 is charged, which is not refundable.

A deposit of £350 is charged on the acceptance of a place, and is held until the pupils leave the school, and will be refunded as soon as is reasonably practicable after this and in any case no later than 12 weeks after the end of term, less any outstanding fees or additional charges due to the school. It is forfeit if a pupil is withdrawn after the place has been accepted.

The GDST Bursaries Fund provides financial assistance to suitably qualified girls whose parents could not otherwise afford the fees to enter or remain in the Senior Department. Bursaries are means tested and are awarded on the basis of academic merit. Thye can be for any amount up to 100% remission of fees depending on the financial assessment. 

NOTE: This Website is for information only and does not form part of any contract between the parents and the Trust. This is because the information has necessarily been prepared well in advance of entry of a pupil to the school and inevitably there may be subsequent alterations.