Guidance

State boarding schools: charging for boarding provision

How state boarding schools should charge for the boarding provision they offer.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 23 January 2015
• Last updated: 2 August 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Charging for boarding provision: full cost recovery and rate of return

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Details

This advice is for state boarding schools, including:

• schools maintained by the local authority
• academies
• free schools

It explains the concept of full cost recovery and helps schools understand how to set the right fees for the boarding provision they offer.

Published 23 January 2015

Last updated 2 August 2024 + show all updates

1. 2 August 2024

   We have replaced the PDF document 'Full cost recovery and rate of return: managing and charging for boarding provision' with the updated HTML version 'Charging for boarding provision: full cost recovery and rate of return'.

2. 23 January 2015

   First published.