The Pointer School

Tuition Fees (per term) - September 2007 to August 2008

	Fees paid on or before first day of term
Nursery
Full-time (5 days per week, 9.00am - 3.15pm)	£2,468.00 per term
Daily rate (all day, i.e. 9.00am - 3.15pm)	£506.00 per term
5 mornings (9.00am - 11.45am)	£1,527.00 per term
5 afternoons (12.30pm - 3.15pm)	£1,527.00 per term
Daily rate (per morning, per term)	£322.00 per term
Daily rate (per afternoon, per term)	£322.00 per term

Reception to Year 6	£2,834.00 per term

Please note that all fees must be paid on or before the first day of term. Please note that no reductions can be made for periods of absence. Please note that there is a 5% surcharge applied to all fees paid after the first day of term.

Not included in the fees are:

Public examination fees
School or class visits; School journeys
Lunches
Parents’ Association subscription (£7.50 per term per family)
Private music tuition (see below)
Swimming (see below)

Extras

Swimming	£50 per term (paid termly in advance)
School lunches	£206 per term (paid termly in advance) (one school lunch costs approx £3.00 - please note that our policy is to provide ‘organic’ whenever possible)

Optional Extras

Piano	£165 per term (paid termly in advance) (10 individual 30-minute lessons)
Woodwind	£165 per term (paid termly in advance) (e.g. recorder, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon) (10 individual 30-minute lessons) Contact teacher for the above through School Secretary.
Guitar	£165 per term (paid termly in advance)
Drumkit, Orchestral & Latin Percussion	By arrangement with Mr Donal O'Neill - contact via School Office
Teachers of other instruments can always be contacted
Private Drama Lessons	(paid termly in advance) Fees from September 2007: 20-minute one-to-one: £120 30-minute shared lesson: £90
Breakfast/ Afternoon Club	£4.00/£5.00 per hour or part of an hour (paid weekly). Further information
Extracurricular Clubs	£4.00 per hour (paid termly in advance), except Horse-riding and other clubs that will be off-site, when provided. Further information

Notes on Tuition Fees and Other Charges

Parents will be invoiced at the end of each term for the next term’s fee and charges. Cheques should be made out to ‘The Pointer School’ and forwarded to the school on or before the first day of each term. Fees paid after the first day of the term incur the higher charge as detailed on the separate schedule of fees and as outlined above.

A registration fee of £50 should accompany the Registration Form. This amount offsets the various administration costs. When the school makes a written offer of acceptance, a £500 deposit should be paid. The deposit will be credited to the final account rendered on completion of the last term's fee if all outstanding books/equipment have been returned and charges have been paid, and providing the school is advised a term in advance. Please note that this £500 deposit is not returnable if parents do not subsequently take up the offer of a place.

Some assistance with fees is available. Fees, for example, may be paid in three monthly instalments on post-dated cheques. An administration charge of £30 per term will be made for this service and will be added to the first payment.

Please note that in the event of any cheque being returned to the school, an additional charge of £15 will be made to compensate for bank charges and further
administration costs.

Whenever possible, a term’s notice will be given of the intention to increase the termly fees or for any of the other school charges. However, if circumstances arise in which costs have to be recouped immediately, the Headmaster reserves the right to increase fees at less than one term’s notice.

No remission of fees can be considered for enforced absence due to illness, indiscipline, holiday, etc.

All text books and stationery are provided by the school and each pupil is responsible for safe keeping of these books. If books are lost or damaged (by pupils) a charge will be made on the following term’s invoice.