United Kingdom international school fees (2026/2027)
What 28 international schools across United Kingdom actually charge, ranked by annual tuition at age 16. These are published fees, not “starting from” figures — registration, capital levies and deposits are listed separately below.
Britain is the one market where the two overlap. Alongside the international schools — IB or American curriculum, internationally accredited, multinational intake — this ranking includes long-established British independent (private) day schools that teach the National Curriculum of England to a largely British intake. They are here because families relocating to London weigh them against the international schools, and their published fees compare directly. The curriculum column is the quick guide: on this list, “British (National Curriculum of England)” marks a UK private school.
Every school, most expensive first
Ranked on annual tuition at age 16; entry costs are one-off and additional.
What the figures include
Tuition is the annual fee for the academic year shown, in £ (GBP). It is the school’s own published figure for the age band a child falls into.
Entry costs are charged once, before or at enrolment, and are separate from tuition: an application fee, a non-refundable registration fee, sometimes a capital levy, and a refundable security deposit. The entry-cost column is the sum of those four.
What is not in these numbers: transport, uniforms, lunches, trips, examination entries, English-language support and any annual capital or building fee billed separately by some schools. Where a school bills in two currencies, only the local leg is ranked.