SCHOOL FEES AND DISCOUNTS
Annual Fees and Charges From January 2025
Please note that Fee Charges from January 2025 include VAT and reflect the current additional VAT Remission provided by Wells Cathedral School.
Fees for the 2025-2026 Academic Year starting in September 2025 will be published in April 2025.
Discounts available
For those families with more than one child in the school, we reduce 5% of the actual fee for the second child, and 15% for each additional child. Please note that sibling discounts only apply for pupils who are in Reception onwards and are not applicable to those attending Little Wellies Nursery.
Sons and daughters of Church of England Clergy may qualify for a discount equating to 7.5% of the relevant fees.
Sons and daughters of members of the British Armed Forces qualify for a 15% discount off our school fees. See our Military Family Page for details.
The eldest child at the School of any Old Wellensian qualifies for a 5% discount.
We also offer a range of scholarships based on merit and needs-based bursaries. To find out more, please download our Remissions Policy.
All Boy and Girl Choristers receive non-means tested funding of 31% off tuition fees during their time in the Choir and can also choose to benefit from a 50% discount on boarding fees. The School also offers a 10% remission on school fees for a pre-probationary year. Once pupils have finished their time in the Choir, they receive a discount worth 5% of their school fees for each year they were in the Choir, worth up to 20%, for the rest of their time at the School. See our Chorister Page for details.
An Excellent School…
Wells Cathedral School was awarded the highest possible grade of “Excellent” for both pupil achievement and pupil personal development in our latest Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) Inspection.
Pupils’ knowledge, skills and understanding are excellent in all areas of the curriculum and develop strongly as they move through the school.
~ Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
Payment schedule and notice required
The school operates a six-term year, but annual fees are invoiced in three equal amounts and are payable on or before the start of the Michaelmas (September), Epiphany (January) and Whitsun (April) terms. Parents must give one full term’s notice (i.e. prior to the end Advent for Lent, Lent for Whitsun and Whitsun for Advent) to withdraw their child from school, failing which one third of the annual fees is payable as fees in lieu of notice. Provisional notice may be given when a child is awaiting examination results or an entrance exam to another school.
Additional fees (or “Extras”) including Special Provision and General Music lessons are invoiced in arrears in August, December and March/April.
