UK boarding school - Rye St Antony Catholic Boarding School

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

On acceptance of a place, parents are asked to complete and return an acceptance form, sending with the form, a non-returnable acceptance fee of £150 and an acceptance deposit of £500 which will be credited to the first term's account or forfeit if the pupil does not take up the place.
The Board of Governors requires the basic termly fee together with any extras from the previous term to be paid in advance of the first day of each term, unless otherwise agreed under the Termly Instalment Scheme (for details of which, please contact the Bursar) or by some other contractual arrangement. The Board of Governors reserves the right to refuse entry to any pupil whose fees have not been paid as required.
In the event of payment not being received or a cheque being dishonoured, the Board of Governors reserves the right to charge interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (or such other sum as the Governors may from time to time decide) until such time as the account is settled. The right is reserved for overdue accunts to be referred to a third party collection agency. Any costs incurred in recovering outstanding fees will be charged to parents.
The Board of Governors reserves the right to increase fees as and when necessary.
Parents resident outside the United Kingdom may be asked to pay an extra term's fees in advance of the first term's fees. This Holding Fee is required in order to avoid difficulties concerning the transference of currency between countries. The Holding Fee will, if no problems have arisen in the meantime, be set against the final term's fees.
The Board of Governors reserves the right to ask parents of any pupils approaching the final term to pay, in addition to other fees, an advance sum to be set against any extras which might be incurred during the final term, this being a condition of the pupil being allowed to return for that term.
No rebate will be given for pupils who take leave at home before or after examinations.
In the event of withdrawal, parents are required to give a term's notice in writing to the Headmistress, or to pay a full term's fees in lieu of such notice. Were a pupil to be withdrawn in the course of a term, there would be no reimbursement of that term's fees. The Headmistress may request the withdrawal of a pupil whose continued presence at the school seems undesirable. In such circumstances there will be no reimbursement of fees.
Requests for change in status for day pupils to become boarders or for boarders to become day pupils should be addressed in wriitng to the Headmistress a term in advance of the proposed change.
During term time, boarders must live at the school and all other pupils (when not boarding) must live with one or both parents unless the Headmistress has consented in writing to some other residence arrangements. When both parents will be away from their home in the United Kingdom overnight during term time or if both parents normally reside outside the United Kingdom the Headmistress must be informed in writing of the name, address and telephone number(s), for 24 hour contact of a legal guardian or other suitable adult with whom the pupil will reside if not boarding and who is willing and authorised by the parents to accept full responsibility for the pupil. The Headmistress is hereby authorised by the parents, in loco parentis, to take and/or authorise all decisions in relation to the pupil as may be, in the opinion of the Headmistress, in the best interests of the pupil and when no contact can be made with any parent or other person authorised as above.

Terms and Conditions