Boarding
Boarding Fees are payable termly in advance and include meals and the opportunities for many free co- curricular activities and scholar talks at Eton.
Where a boarding place has been offered to a student who lives with parents within the UK, or is MOD sponsored, a non-refundable deposit of £3,000 will be payable at the time of acceptance. This deposit will be set against the invoice for the last term’s fees.
Where a boarding place has been offered to a student whose main residence is with parents living outside of the UK, a non-refundable deposit of £6,000 will be required at the time of acceptance. This will be set against the invoice for the last term’s fees.
Fees are payable termly in advance. There is a monthly or termly direct debit payment scheme in operation.
The HM Treasury Technicalt Note ‘Applying VAT to Private School Fees and Removing the Business Rates Charitable Rates Relief for Private Schools’ published in July 2024 includes in section 2.12:
2.12 Education and boarding provided by state schools (including academies) are not affected by this policy change, meaning they will continue to be exempt from VAT. This reflects the fact that state schools and academies will continue to be “eligible bodies”.
As an academy state boarding school, we are encouraged that it is likely that our boarding fees will continue to be exempt from VAT. This is likely to be confirmed in the 30th October 2024 budget.
