Admissions & Fees
Applying for a place
Anne Wilson, Head of Prep Department
Our Preparatory School is non-selective and one of the best prep schools in Hampshire. We invite you to meet the Head of the Prep Department and have a tour of the school before you apply.
There is a registration fee of £50. Following registration, parents are either offered a place or told their child is on the waiting list. When a place is offered, a deposit of £500 is required to secure it, refundable from the first term’s fees.
For an appointment to visit the school, please contact the Headmasters PA Mrs Pigott on 01420 82070, or email enquiries@altonconvent.org.uk.
Continuation into the Senior School
Girls in Year 6 are automatically registered for the Senior School and will be invited at the beginning of November to apply to sit the entrance examination for entry the following September. Entry is not automatic.
Scholarship
Scholarships are available for able and talented children joining at Year 3, 4 or 5 who would benefit from the opportunities on offer at Alton Convent School. To be successful a child needs to demonstrate potential in academic ability. This is a means-tested award and parents will be asked to fill in a financial assessment form and send in supporting information.
Fees
Fees for the 2012-13 academic year £3385.00 per term payable in advance. Fees are inclusive of all lunches and swimming lessons.
Registration
A standard non-refundable Registration Fee of £50 is payable on registering your son/daughter.
Optional Extras
Music lessons
Peripatetic Lessons (arranged through individual music teachers and invoiced separately)
- Drums
- Flute
- Singing
- Cello
- Violin
- Brass
- Piano
- Clarinet
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- Recorder
Term 10 of lessons £170 (30 minites) £120 (20 minutes)
Ballet Vanessa Golborn School of Dance (invoiced separately)
Breakfast Club from 8.00am – £3.00 per session
After School Care Club from end of school to 6.00pm – free of charge
School Trips – paid for separately
A sibling discount applies in respect of the fees for a third or subsequent child enrolled from Reception onwards
Fees are determined annually by the Governing Body early in the summer term
Fees are payable in advance on the first day of each term, although a year’s fees may be paid by standing order, over ten months, through arrangement with the finance officer
Parents are reminded that a full term’s notice is required if a child is to be withdrawn from the school.