Enrolments

2008 Fee Schedule

Tuition Fees
		Term	Year
Primary	Prep to Yr 7	$1050	$4200
Secondary	Years 8 - 12	$1525	$6100
Capital Fees (All students)
Capital Levy	Prep - 12	$40	$160
Boarding Fees
Full Board	Years 6 - 12	$2625	$10500
Weekly Board	Years 6 - 12 (Mon - Fri)	$2570	$10280 (conditions apply)

The Boarding Fee is additional to the tuition fee for the year(s) enrolled. It includes meals, laundry and mending. Students are required to supply their own bed linen, blankets and towels.

Enrolment Fees

Booking Fee

(To be returned with application form)

$27.50 - (To be returned with application form)
This fee is non-refundable upon cancellation of a booking.

Confirmation Fee

(Payment of this fee confirms a student's place at the School after a position has been offered)

Primary	Prep - Year 7	$525
Secondary	Years 8 - 12	$765

Confirmation Fees are payable by 1 July in the year prior to the year of entry.

Families offered enrolment after 1 July, for the following year, are given three weeks in which to pay the Confirmation Fee.

The Confirmation Fee includes the 'Sundry Expenses Deposit' (see below). This deposit is held in trust until the student arrives at the School and is refunded when he/she leaves. The remainder is held in trust and is credited towards the student's 1st term fees. The Confirmation Fee is non-refundable if the student does not enter the School.

Re-Booking Fee

(All continuing students) - $100

The Re-Booking Fee is charged to each student's 4th term fees and is credited towards the 1st term fees in the following year. Payment confirms the student's place for the following year.

The Re-Booking Fee is not applicable to Year 12 students in their final year of study OR to those families who have advised the School (with sufficient notice) that the child(ren) will not be returning to the School in the following year. The fee is forfeited if sufficient notice of withdrawal has not been given. Interest is not paid on Booking, Confirmation and Re-Booking Fees

Miscellaneous Fees

Sundry Expenses Deposit

Paid as part of the Confirmation Fee

Primary	Prep - Yr 7	$150
Secondary	Years 8 - 12	$150

Each student has a 'Sundry' deposit account in which the amount is lodged and held in trust. The Deposit is refunded when students leave the School. Sundry charges are added to each term's account.

Class Set Levy

Years 8 - 12

$20/semester

$40/year

The Class Set Levy covers replacement and purchase of class set books in English and other subjects where books are used for short periods of time. Students will still need to purchase the main textbook for most subjects. The Levy is charged to accounts each semester.

Special (optional) Subject Fees

Individual instrumental, theory or voice tuition is available through the School. This individual tuition is not however included as part of the School's music subject programme. General music studies are offered as part of the School's curriculum (see Courses and Electives List).

Extra individual music tuition

$262/term

$1048/year

Remedial/Learning Support Fees

A Learning Support programme for English and Maths operates through the Secondary School.

Remedial Fee

$365/term

$1460/year

Programmes are also in place in the Primary Department where a nominal fee is charged depending on the extra support required.

Other Costs

Parents should also be aware of the other costs of sending a child to The Rockhampton Grammar School. These include:

Outfitting the student with a School uniform
Providing textbooks and stationery
Miscellaneous costs, i.e. School photographs, School excursions and membership fees of various sporting clubs

Payment

Fees are payable in four instalments, once per term. Accounts are sent before the commencement of each term and are due and payable within fourteen (14) days of the beginning of each term. The fees of overseas students are to be paid in advance in two instalments, once per semester. If fees are outstanding, students will not be allowed to commence a new term unless a reason for non-payment has been given in writing and accepted by the Board Secretary.

Withdrawal

Parents wishing to withdraw their child(ren) from the School and/or the Boarding House must inform the Headmaster in writing, giving one term's notice. Fees will be charged for one half-term in lieu of required notice. If a student is asked to leave the School, that term's fees will be forfeited.