The Paragon School and Prior Park College have announced their fees for the academic year commencing September 2025 and have confirmed there will be ‘no inflationary increase to our gross fees.’ They are the first schools in Bath to publish 2025/26 fees.
Both schools belong to the Prior Park Educational Trust, whose Board of Trustees decided to make the announcement early to assist families with budget planning following the government’s decision to apply VAT on independent school fees from January 2025. Whilst VAT will be applied to the headline fees from January, the Trust is looking at what, if any, further transitional VAT relief can be offered from September 2025.
The Trust will be applying a 10% commercial award to each pupil’s fees from January 2025, as well as having already made an amendment to the annual billing profile to reflect the delivery of education in each term. This, in real terms, will amount to an increase of just 4.8% to fees for the 2024/25 academic year.
Emma Sandberg, Director of Operations and Finance stated: “We will be working diligently over the next few months to identify operational savings while maintaining the exceptional educational experience of pupils and the wonderful buildings within our Trust. We remain committed to keeping our families informed about potential fee structures and will provide an update on this, along with more information, by Easter 2025. We extend our heartfelt thanks to our current families for their ongoing support and to prospective families for considering joining our vibrant community.”