Fees - Day and Boarding

Glenalmond College offers an extraordinary education. Our pupils receive the highest standard of academic teaching, as well as participating in a wide range of sports and other activities - all this in one of the most beautiful locations in the world.

Fees for the 2021/22 academic year are as follows:

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Our fees include all boarding and laundry charges (if applicable), tuition, games, Medical Centre access, Sports Centre use, library, lectures and some entertainment. Some variable expenses, and certain optional extras including music lessons, are charged on the school account.

We review our fees annually and these are subject to increase from time to time. Fees for the new academic year are set in the June of the preceeding term.

Further information is detailed in the drop-down boxes below.

Visa

There is no additional fee for pupils requiring a visa, but this must be processed through our Admissions team and we currently engage Newland Chase for specialist support.

Payment arrangements

Fees are payable in advance on the last working day before the start of each term. Each term’s fee bill includes the fee for the following term, along with any extras for the preceding term.

Payment can be made as follows:

Flywire We offer Flywire as a way to conveniently settle international transactions. Payments are made online in your own currency through the following link: glenalmondcollege.flywire.com

BACS Transfers Bank details will be included on the email that your fee bill is attached to, or you can contact the accounts@glenalmondcollege.co.uk and we can provide those for you.

Direct Debits Fees can be paid in 10 equal installments at the beginning of each month from September - June. These are only possible if you have a UK Bank Account. If you would like to set this up, please request a Direct Debit Mandate form accounts@glenalmondcollege.co.uk.

Discounts - Siblings, Armed Forces and Clergy

SIBLING POLICY

Our sibling discount policy recognises the burden of fees for more than one child at a time and is applied as follows when there are two or more siblings in attendance at the same time:

5% remission on the second sibling
20% remission on the third sibling
50% remission on the fourth (or more) sibling

ARMED FORCES AND SERVING CLERGY

Financial assistance is provided for serving members of the Armed Forces and members of the Clergy, both attracting an automatic 10% remission on fees.

Day Pupils - what our fees include

FREE LOCAL TRANSPORT

We are pleased to provide the families of our day pupils with the convenience of free transport to and from school. The routes covered by our fleet of modern, comfortable minibuses varies each year, according to the location of pupils and the logistics of servicing the local area. More information n our day pupil transport is available here. The times and routes available for our 2021/22 academic year will be published during the summer.

The day fee also includes: all meals during the normal school day, Monday to Saturday, with an evening meal on Wednesday; Games and activities expenses; membership of CCF; and textbooks and basic stationery.

LUNCH AND SUPPER

Lunch

Is provided free of charge Monday to Saturday for Day pupils

Supper

Is provided free of charge on Wednesday for Day pupils.
Late stays on other days, can be booked directly through the Housemaster/mistress if required. The charge for supper and prep is £15.00 and will be added to the pupil fee account.

Additional Meals

These can be arranged on request, charges apply.

DAY PUPIL OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION

Day pupils may stay in the boarding house overnight if wished at a cost of £50.00 per night. Please contact the Head of Admissions for full details.

We do not charge the £50 overnight fee for day pupils as follows:

The first Saturday of each term.
Saturday before any compulsory Sunday chapel.
When a Day Pupil prefect is on evening duty in the boarding house.
Choir singers who attend chapel on Sunday are entitled to a free overnight stay the Saturday evening prior to the Sunday.
Bad weather when the Transport Manager decides that the buses should not run and pupils are otherwise unable to get home (During the months when snow is likely day pupils are asked to leave an overnight bag in their House in case it is needed).
Participation in the following school activities that occur after the Day Pupil Buses have left the College: pipe band; string orchestra; school fixtures; CCF night exercises; educational trips; House singing competition; St. Andrew’s ball; lifeguard training; evening play rehearsals the week of the College play.

Please note that any overnight charge exceptions that occur on a Saturday will require the pupils to be collected from the College after Chapel on Sunday. No day pupil buses run on Sunday.

If you would like to discuss block overnight bookings for your child, please contact the Bursar by email at: bursar@glenalmondcollege.co.uk