School Fees Information for parents
Investing in your child's future
Whether you are thinking of sending your child to one of our schools, or have already taken the plunge, we would like to say a big thank you for choosing a Harpur Trust education.
Our role here at the Trust office is to collect the school fees on behalf of the schools (you will receive the invoice directly from the school). We recognise that this is a considerable investment for you and our aim is to make things as easy as possible.
This section gives you information on payment options and paying online.
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We offer over £2.5 million a year in bursaries each year on a means tested basis, to enable talented pupils to access our schools.
MAKING A PAYMENT
Direct Debit
UK Parents are expected to pay school fees by direct debit and you will be given a direct debit mandate form when you enrol your child at one of our schools. If you opt not to pay by direct debit, fees are due to be paid in full before the first day of term, see bank transfer details below.
You can either pay termly pay your direct debit either in 3 termly instalments or in 9 equal monthly instalments across the 3 terms:
Autumn Term - September, October and November
Spring Term - January, February and March
Summer Term - May, June and July
Depending on which option you choose any extra fees will be charged termly to your fee account (i.e. school trips, lunches if applicable) or spread over the same three collections for each term
Bank Transfer
For overseas payments and UK parents who are not paying by direct debit please pay directly into our bank account, using the bank details below:
HSBC Account name: The Harpur Trust Sort Code: 40-10-02 Account number: 92732971 IBAN Number: GB97HBUK40100292732971 BIC Code: HBUKGB4102H Please ensure you quote the pupil reference when you make your payment. |
Debit or credit card
UK and overseas parents can pay by debit or credit card. There may be an upper limit of £15,000 imposed for each payment which is dependent upon your card provider. Payments over this amount will need to be made in two parts with the reference indicating this.
There is no charge to pay fees by debit or credit card.
Please note that we are unable to accept American Express.
FEES IN ADVANCE
The Harpur Trust fees in advance scheme is a long-standing facility which offers a discount for fees paid in advance. The scheme is available for payments of three terms or more. The discount applied is based on the prevailing and predicted interest rates and is dependent upon the planned length of time of the fees in advance payment. The minimum discount for annual payments would be £150, £50 for each term. Quotations will be valid for one month and the latest payment that could be accepted for the fees in advance scheme to be valid is one full month before the start of the term that your fees in advance payment is due to commence.
The Harpur Trust fees in advance scheme is comprised of a set of Conditions which act as a variation of your parent contract with the Trust and a letter setting out the specific sums involved. Please note, once paid, the Advance Payment is non- refundable unless the pupil leaves the School.
If you have any questions or require a quote for fees in advance, please email fees@harpurtrust.org.uk
If you would like us to prepare a Fees in Advance quote for you, we will require:
- names of the pupils
- school they will be attending
- number of years you would like us to include in the quote
If you have any questions about paying your child’s schools fees, or your fees account, please email our fees team on fees@harpurtrust.org.uk or call for a confidential chat on 01234 369510.
Please note that all calls to the Trust office are recorded for training and monitoring purposes.