Fees

At Ruspini, we offer a warm, inspiring and enriching environment, with outstanding care, excellent education and a breadth of specialist taught enrichment experiences. We believe a premium early years education should be seamless and transparent. Our all-inclusive fee structure ensures your child has unfettered access to our full specialist offer, with no hidden extras.

What Your Fees Include:

• A Bespoke Enrichment Curriculum: Specialist-taught sessions in Music, Physical Education, and Modern Foreign Languages are integrated into the school week.
• Nutritional Excellence: A sophisticated, nutritionally balanced menu featuring a two-course hot lunch and healthy snacks, prepared on-site to support cognitive and physical growth.
• A Resource-Rich Environment: All high-quality learning materials, digital portfolios, and pedagogical resources are provided.
• Professional Ratios: We maintain enhanced staffing levels to provide personalised attention and foster deep engagement in learning.

Minimum Attendance
To ensure children settle well and benefit fully from our curriculum, we ask families to commit to the following minimum attendance:

Please note:

• Sessions can be a combination of mornings and afternoons
• Afternoon sessions are only available alongside a morning session on the same day
• We do not offer stand‑alone afternoon sessions

Session Times

• Morning: 8.30am–12.45pm
• Afternoon: 12.45pm–3.45pm
• Full Day: 8.30am–3.45pm
• Breakfast Club: 8.00–8.30am
• Tea Club: 3.45–5.00pm
• Late Club: 5.00–6.00pm

Fees & Invoicing

• Fees are calculated and invoiced termly
• Invoices are payable before the start of each term
• A full term’s written notice is required to cancel or reduce sessions
• Fees in lieu of notice apply if notice is not received
• Additional sessions should be booked a term in advance, where possible
• Ad‑hoc sessions may be available via My School Portal

Discounts

• Full day week (8.30–3.45): £360 per term
• Full day week including Breakfast & Tea Club: £780 per term
• Sibling discount: 5% applied to the younger Ruspini pupil

Childcare Voucher Scheme

Childcare Voucher Schemes can be used to pay Nursery fees. 

All children are entitled to up to 15 funded hours per week from the term following their third birthday.

• Funding is available for 38 weeks per year
• At Ruspini, this includes our 36‑week term‑time provision
• Funding may also be applied to the first two weeks of our summer holiday camp
• Funded hours are applied to morning sessions (8.30–11.30am)

When can the funding be claimed? 

Funding can be claimed for the term after your child’s 3rd birthday.

Funded‑Only (Basic) Place
Families may choose a funded‑only place, which includes:

• EYFS‑compliant care and education
• No meals, snacks, activities or consumables
• No additional hours or sessions
• No food may be brought from home due to our allergy policy

Funded‑only places are subject to availability.

Enhanced Ruspini Experience (Voluntary Additional Charges)
Most families choose our enhanced offer, which provides a rich, all‑inclusive experience alongside funded hours.

Why Are There Additional Charges?
Government funding covers the cost of delivering statutory early years education only. It does not include items such as:

• Meals, snacks and associated facilities and staff costs
• Specialist lessons, enrichment activities and events
• Enhanced staffing ratios and additional first‑aid trained staff
• Nappy disposal, spare nappies/wipes and emergency medication
• Digital learning journals, daily diaries and parent communication

Families may choose either a funded‑only place or our enhanced service. The enhanced package is payable termly and cannot be partially opted out of.

If Funding Is Withdrawn
If government funding is withdrawn or not claimed, full fees will become payable.

Term Dates & Holiday Camps

• Term dates are published annually in advance
• Easter and Summer holiday camps are available exclusively to current pupils
• Camp fees are published annually

Senior and Sixth Form Termly Fees 2025/26

We recognise that families will want to pay their fees in different ways. We have a range of options, designed to help families to choose an RMS education for their daughter.

Direct Debit

Parents can choose to pay fees termly in advance or by monthly direct debit. The monthly option allows annual fees to be paid interest-free over nine months from September to may.

Fees in Advance

We operate a fees in advance scheme, allowing parents or grandparents to pay for a fixed number of years at a reduced rate. For further information please contact the accounts team.

School Fees Plan (SFP)

It is possible to spread the cost of our fees over 12 months through our partner company, School Fee Plan

Flywire

We encourage international parents, especially those without UK bank accounts, to pay via Flywire.

Siblings:
A 5% discount is given for younger siblings in the School.

Armed Forces:
RMS for Girls has a long history of supporting Forces families. We are proud to offer a stable second home for young people and to provide continuous support for global families.

Parents whose employment with the Ministry of Defence qualifies them for the CEA (Continuity of Education Allowance) can contact our admissions department directly to find out more about how we support families of those in the armed forces.

Once the parent or guardian has accepted the offer of a place in the School, he or she is required to give the Headteacher, in writing, a least one full term’s notice of the withdrawal of the pupil concerned, irrespective of whether or not the girl has joined the School, otherwise payment of the School fees for the following term will be due.

Full details of the provisions on Notice and Fees in Lieu of Notice can be found in the Terms and Conditions Section 9.

These are charged in addition to the tuition fees at the rate advised by the Examining Boards.