Fees
Below are the fees effective for 2025/2026 academic year.
Nursery (Year-Round Provision) - 2 to 3 Years
Nursery offers year-round provision and is open for 50 weeks of the year, closing for a two week Christmas break, public holidays and two INSET days.
Hours: 8.00am to 6.00pm (minimum of three full days apply)
From September 2025 the minimum attendance requirement for Nursery is three, full days a week.
The charges below show charges without qualifying funding and charges with the inclusion of 30 free hours available to eligible working parents who have Nursery and Pre-Prep aged children between 9 months and 4 years old from September 2025. To qualify for the free hours, parents must earn more than £9,518 and less than £100,000 per annum.
Fees include all meals, standard powdered formula milk for babies up to one year of age and nappies (parents are welcome to provide their own if they prefer).
Without Funding
| Days | 5 days per week | 4 days per week | 3 days per week |
| Nursery | £5,581 | £5,050 | £3,787 |
With 30 hours funding per term 2025/2026
| Days | 5 days per week | 4 days per week | 3 days per week |
| Nursery | £2,859 | £2,487 | £1,965 |
All fees are invoiced termly, with invoices payable in advance of each term or by 4 monthly payments starting in July, November and March if paid by direct debit of tax-free childcare parents..
Pre-Prep (Year-Round Provision) - 3 to 4 Years
Pre-Prep is open for children to attend 50 weeks of the year, closing for a two week Christmas break, public holidays and two INSET days.
Hours: 8.00am to 3.30pm (minimum of three full days apply). After-school care (3.30pm to 6.00pm) is available at an additional charge (see below).
From September 2025 the minimum attendance requirement for Pre-Prep is three, full days a week.
The charges below show charges without qualifying funding and charges with the inclusion of 30 free hours available to eligible working parents who have Nursery and Pre-Prep aged children between 9 months and 4 years old from September 2025. To qualify for the free hours, parents must earn more than £9,518 and less than £100,000 per annum.
Without Funding
| Days | 5 days per week | 4 days per week | 3 days per week |
| Pre-Prep | £4,643 | £4,253 | £3,211 |
With 15 hours funding per term 2025/2026
| Days | 5 days per week | 4 days per week | 3 days per week |
| Pre-Prep | £3,684 | £3,293 | £2,251 |
With 30 hours funding per term 2025/2026
| Days | 5 days per week | 4 days per week | 3 days per week |
| Pre-Prep | £2,724 | £2,334 | £1,842 |
After School Care
After school care (3.30pm – 6.00pm) for Pre-Prep children will be charged at a flat rate fee of £15.00 per day.
The full details are available from Mrs Clare Foreman (0151 652 4114) / earlyyearsadmissions@birkenheadschool.co.uk with information on funding and eligibility available at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk.
Prep - 4 to 11 years
| Fees per Term (Net) | VAT | Fees per Term (Payable) | Monthly Direct Debit Payment (Optional) | |
| Reception | £3,322 | £664 | £3,986 | £997 |
| Prep (Years 1 & 2) | £3,584 | £717 | £4,301 | £1,075 |
| Prep (Years 3 to 6) | £3,797 | £759 | £4,556 | £1,139 |
Fees include, in addition to the cost of tuition and a wide range of co-curricular activities, almost all textbooks and materials, exercise books, and a number of year group trips, travel to most sporting fixtures and a level of travel (UK) and personal accident insurance.
From Reception upwards, a number of after-school activities and clubs are available during lunchtime and after school for children to attend free of charge.
Early morning drop-off is available from 8.00am and After School care is available until 6.00pm. See below for additional charges.
Seniors and Sixth Form - 11 to 18 years
| Fees per Term (Net) | VAT | Fees per Term (Payable) | Monthly Direct Debit Payment (Optional) | |
| Seniors (Years 7 & 8) | £4,427 | £885 | £5,312 | £1,328 |
| Seniors (Year 9 to 11) | £5,029 | £1,006 | £6,035 | £1,509 |
| Sixth Form | £5,092 | £1,018 | £6,110 | £1,528 |
Fees include, in addition to the cost of tuition and a wide range of co-curricular activities, almost all textbooks and materials, exercise books, examination fees (except re-sits and re-marking) and a number of year group trips, travel to most sporting fixtures and a level of travel (UK) and personal accident insurance.
The sum of £30 is added to the fees for the Michaelmas Term for all students in Seniors and this covers the cost of lifelong membership to the Old Birkonian Society, after seven years’ payment.
Additional Charges
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Catering
(Pre-Prep to Year 11) |
£360 per term |
| Early Morning Drop-Off (from 8.00 am) | £4.50 per day |
| Pre-Prep After School Care |
£15.00 per session until 6.00pm
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| Prep After School Care |
£9.50 per session until 5pm, plus £6.00 after 5pm and until 6.00pm (or following attendance at a co-curricular activity).
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| Seniors After School Supervision | £9.50 per session until 5pm, plus £6.00 after 5pm and until 6.00pm (or following attendance at a co-curricular activity). |
| Study Skills / Learning Support Sessions | £265 per term +VAT (10 sessions average) |
| Minibus Service | £450 per term |
Supplementary charges for activities/services/items not covered above will be advised individually.
Conditions of Admission
Admissions Contact Information
Senior & Sixth Form Admissions
Ms Julie Hopper
seniorsadmissions@birkenheadschool.co.uk
0151 651 3009
Prep Admissions
Mrs Helen Askew
prepadmissions@birkenheadschool.co.uk
0151 652 4114
Early Years Admissions
Mrs Clare Foreman
earlyyearsadmissions@birkenheadschool.co.uk
0151 652 4114
