Independent school fees in Surrey 2026/27

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Independent school fees in Surrey are a major commitment for any family. Since 1 January 2025, VAT at 20% has been charged on independent school fees, which has pushed costs up further. School fees tax planning is a legitimate, non-aggressive way for parents to fund those fees more efficiently, and many families now use it to offset the VAT rise.

School fees across Surrey

Surrey school fees at a glance

Average headline fee: £27,220 a year (median £26,769)
Range: £16,863 (Glenesk School) to £38,763 (Epsom College)
Based on: the 31 Surrey schools on this site whose fees we have checked against the school’s own published 2026/27 fees (24 Oct 2026). The headline is the main fee shown on each school page.

All Surrey schools we cover (60)

Schools with checked 2026/27 fees are listed first. Click a school for its full fee breakdown, the source we used and how much you could save.

School ↕	Headline annual fee ↕	VAT ↕	Area ↕
ACS Egham International School	£37,080 a year Grades 9–10 day	Including VAT	Egham
Amesbury School	£25,726 a year Years 5–8	Including VAT
Banstead Preparatory School	£20,265 a year Years 3–6	Including VAT	Banstead
Barrow Hills School	£22,320 a year Year 3	Including VAT	Godalming
Chinthurst School	£23,175 a year Years 3–6	Including VAT
City of London Freemen’s School	£31,668 a year Years 9–11 day	Including VAT	Surrey
Cranleigh Preparatory School	£30,480 a year Years 7 and 8 day	Including VAT	Cranleigh
Downsend School	£28,470 a year Years 9–13 tuition	Including VAT	Leatherhead
Dunottar School	£26,880 a year Years 7–13	Including VAT	Reigate
Epsom College	£38,763 a year Senior School day	Including VAT	Epsom
Ewell Castle School	£27,099 a year Years 7 to 13	Including VAT	Epsom
Feltonfleet School	£26,811 a year Prep School day	Including VAT	Cobham
Glenesk School	£16,863 a year Reception tuition	Including VAT	Leatherhead
Guildford High School	£26,769 a year Year 7 – Sixth Form day	Including VAT	Guildford
Hall Grove School	£23,355 a year Years 5 to 10	Including VAT	Bagshot
Halliford School	£27,810 a year Termly tuition	Including VAT	Shepperton
Hazelwood School	£25,125 a year Years 6, 7 and 8	Including VAT	Oxted
Hoe Bridge School	£25,215 a year Years 9 to 10	Including VAT	Surrey
Lingfield College	£25,470 a year Years 7–11 tuition	Including VAT	Lingfield
Milbourne Lodge School	£23,499 a year Years 6, 7 and 8 tuition	Including VAT	Esher
Reed’s School	£34,845 a year Years 9 to 13 day	Including VAT	Cobham
Reigate Grammar School	£29,700 a year Years 9–13	Including VAT	Reigate
Ripley Court School	£21,675 a year Years 5-6 day	Including VAT	Surrey
Rowan Preparatory School	£22,206 a year Years 3 to 6	Including VAT	Esher
Royal Grammar School, Guildford	£28,080 a year Third to Upper Sixth Form	Including VAT
Sir William Perkins’s School	£27,186 a year Termly	Including VAT
St George’s Junior School	£23,370 a year Junior Y5 & Y6	Including VAT	Weybridge
St Hilary’s School	£23,940 a year Years 5-6 day	Including VAT	Godalming
T A S I S	£37,170 a year Grades 9-12 day	Including VAT	Egham
Tormead School	£26,226 a year Years 7–13	Including VAT	Guildford
Woldingham School	£36,576 a year Years 9 to Upper Sixth day	Including VAT	Caterham
ACS Cobham International School	See school page	Not yet checked	Cobham
Bishopsgate School	See school page	Not yet checked
Caterham School	See school page	Not yet checked	Caterham
Charterhouse	See school page	Not yet checked	Godalming
Claremont Fan Court School	See school page	Not yet checked
Coworth Flexlands School	See school page	Not yet checked	Woking
Cranleigh School	See school page	Not yet checked	Cranleigh
Danes Hill School	See school page	Not yet checked	Surrey
Danesfield Manor School	See school page	Not yet checked	Walton-on-Thames
Duke of Kent School	See school page	Not yet checked	Cranleigh
Essendene Lodge School	See school page	Not yet checked	Caterham
Greenfield School	See school page	Not yet checked	Woking
Hampton Court House	See school page	Not yet checked	East Molesey
Kingswood House School	See school page	Not yet checked	Epsom
Lyndhurst School	See school page	Not yet checked	Camberley
Manor House School	See school page	Not yet checked	Leatherhead
Micklefield School	See school page	Not yet checked	Reigate
Notre Dame School	See school page	Not yet checked
Oakhyrst Grange School	See school page	Not yet checked	Caterham
Parkside School	See school page	Not yet checked	Cobham
Rydes Hill Preparatory School	See school page	Not yet checked	Guildford
St Catherine’s School	See school page	Not yet checked	Guildford
St Christopher’s School, Epsom	See school page	Not yet checked	Epsom
St Ives School	See school page	Not yet checked	Haslemere
St John’s School	See school page	Not yet checked	Leatherhead
The Hawthorns School	See school page	Not yet checked	Redhill
The Unicorn School	See school page	Not yet checked	Richmond
Warlingham Park School	See school page	Not yet checked	Warlingham
Yehudi Menuhin School	See school page	Not yet checked	Cobham

Fees change every year. Always confirm the latest figures with the school before you make any decisions.

Frequently asked questions

How much are private school fees in Surrey?
Across the 31 Surrey schools we have checked, headline fees for 2026/27 average £27,220 a year, ranging from £16,863 to £38,763. Boarding usually costs considerably more.

Do Surrey school fees include VAT?
Since 1 January 2025 most independent schools charge 20% VAT on fees. Where a school states that its fees include VAT, we say so. Where it doesn’t, we show the figure exactly as the school publishes it.

What is school fees tax planning?
It’s a way of structuring how school fees are paid so that families can fund them more tax-efficiently. It is non-aggressive and fully compliant, and it can significantly reduce the real cost of fees.

Can I still save now that VAT applies?
Yes. Planning can help offset some or all of the VAT increase. Book a free conversation and we’ll show you what you could save.

Offset the VAT rise

Surrey school fees are a significant investment, and with more than one child the commitment is even greater. By working with us, we can review your situation and show you how to fund school fees more tax-efficiently.

What could you save?

"We were sending Aidan & Calum to school at a cost of £38,000 per annum. This service has enabled us to reduce our school fees burden by £18,000 every year"

Mr & Mrs S, London

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.

"We didn’t want to do anything aggressive with our tax situation. This service fit the bill & meant that we didn’t have the same anxiety levels every time the school fees bill came through the letterbox”

Mr & Mrs A, Stow

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