SAVE 50% on the
cost of SCHOOL FEES at St Columba’s College
Talk to us about St Columba’s College fees
Public school is a gift for children and a burden for parents
With all the opportunities on offer to advance the education & confidence of children comes a price tag. This price is one that parents are happy to pay but it increases the parent’s burden of responsibility over the long-term & can cause stress & affect family relationships.
St Columba’s College, an independent school in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
School fees:
Fees as published by the school
- Main day fee: Senior £9,270 per term = £27,810 per year
As published by the school, checked 24 October 2026. Source: the school’s official fees page. Please check with the school for the latest figures.
Worked example
Using the same sums as our savings calculator, for one child at the St Columba’s College Senior fee of £27,810 a year:
- 40% taxpayer: illustrative saving of about £13,390 a year, or £66,950 over five years
- 45% taxpayer: illustrative saving of about £17,117 a year, or £85,587 over five years
Illustration only. What you could save depends on your own circumstances, and we’ll confirm it with you before you go ahead.
VAT on school fees
Since 1 January 2025, private school fees in the UK have carried VAT at 20%, so most families now pay a fifth more than before. Planning ahead, for example by reviewing how and from whose income the fees are paid, can help families manage the extra cost. We’ll go through what’s open to you in plain terms.
This amounts to a significant investment in the future. With more than one child, the investment is even greater. By working with us, we can help to review your tax affairs in order to reduce this investment significantly & to enable you to to reduce the stress that comes from finding school fees each term.
What could you save?
Why us?
- We have a team of specialist accountants & tax planners – with experience managing the financial situations of high net worth clients.
- We don’t just focus on school fees tax planning – as experienced accountants and tax consultants, we are able to look at the bigger picture of your life, business affairs and family and to find a number of ways to minimise your tax across the board.
- We don’t offer an investment solution – most of the school fees payment solutions on the market are simply investments that enable parents to save for fees. They do not help to make you more tax efficient.
- We offer a unique service – no other company does what we do.
- Our school fees tax planning is non-aggressive – there are a number of ways of minimising tax on a spectrum of aggressiveness, from maximising the tax allowances that everyone gets, to more aggressive means of “tax avoidance”. Our school fees tax planning ideas are non-aggressive and therefore unlikely to be challenged.