School Fees

• Extra-mural activities such as private music lessons, private coaching, dancing, horse-riding and private tutoring.
• Remedial support in the Junior School.
• Academic Support in the Senior School.
• Toasty Tuesday in the Junior School.
• Daily day scholar transport from Athlone, Hilton and Howick.
• Weekly boarder transport from Nottingham Road, Winston Park, Mt Edgecombe and Ballito.
• Class and Sports photographs.
• Special clothing for team selection.
• Non-academic tour costs and 50% of academic tour costs.
• IEB accommodations and additional subject charges.
• Private transport for boarders.
• Matric Dance/Formal Dinners.
• uHambo (Grade 9 only).
• Matric IEB Senior Certificate exam cost (Grade 12 only).
• Doctor visits/medication.
• Clinic consumable charges.
• Workbooks & electronic textbooks.
• For girls who take Consumer Studies in Grade 10 - 12, a levy of R100 per term is charged. 

Where two or more sisters attend the school at the same time, there is a rebate of 6% of the tuition fee for the second and 12% for any subsequent sister/s, provided that these families do not receive any other form of fee discount or financial assistance.

Parents who pay the annual fees in full via EFT in advance will be entitled to an early settlement discount on tuition fees and boarding fees.

Parents are automatically added to the Parents' Association's (P.A.) 100 Club, with a termly draw held at a social event. Parents who attend at least three 100 Club events a year are automatically included in the Term 4 R10 000 lucky draw. 

An annual fee of R3 000 per pupil is payable in January of each year by all pupils residing outside South Africa’s borders. This fee is to cover additional administration costs associated with the payment of their fees.

Parents are requested to ensure that their children are members of a medical aid scheme and provide the school with their medical aid details at the start of each year. Parents are requested to ensure that all their children's possessions are insured under their own personal insurance policies. The school will not be held liable for theft/loss of pupils' possessions from school.

An annual upfront payment of R5 000 per pupil is payable in January of each year by all pupils residing outside South Africa’s borders. This amount is held in a separate fee account for doctor visit costs, medication, and any other medical expenses. Any balance remaining in this account at the end of the year will be credited back to the parents’ fee account at the end of the academic school year.

The school requires all non-residents to pay a refundable deposit equal to two terms' tuition and boarding fees for the current year. This deposit must be paid in advance to the school before a pupil who is resident of a country outside of the borders of South Africa may be admitted to the school and does not apply to parents who take advantage of the early settlement discount and pay for the full year in advance. This amount must be topped up each year by the equivalent increase in fees and is refundable on your daughter’s completion of her Matric year.

The school provides transport for regular users every school day to and from Athlone, Hilton and Howick, and weekly from Nottingham Road, Winston Park, Mount Edgecombe and Ballito (Monday morning and Friday afternoon). Transport will be billed with fees monthly over 10 months. Click here to view our Transport page for more information or email transport@stjohnsdsg.com. Terms and conditions apply.

Lunch is available for day scholars at an additional charge. 

All extra-curricular activities are charged by the teacher or establishment concerned. Please contact finance@stjohnsdsg.com for more information.

A full term's notice, in writing, or one term's fees in lieu of notice, is required before withdrawal of a pupil from school / boarding, or participation in private music or extra subjects, failing which a full term's charges will become payable in lieu of such notice. 

Parents of pupils enrolled in the academic support programme (in the Junior School and Senior School) are charged a nominal rate for academic support.

Please contact the Music Department for more information.