KEARSNEY COLLEGE

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION

25 Old Main Road, Botha’s Hill, KwaZulu-Natal, 3610, South Africa
Telephone: +27(0)31 765 9600 │ email: marketing@kearsney.com │ www.kearsney.com
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Year of entry: Grade to enter:

(Please tick appropriate) Boarder Day Scholar

Applicant’s full name: (underline preferred name)

Date of birth: ID number: Home language:
Religious denomination: Nationality:
Present school name: School e-mail:
Sport, extramural and other interests:
Siblings? Name: (tick M / F) School: Age:
Name: (tick M / F) School: Age:
Please indicate if any barriers to learning have been identified:

Father’s full name: (underline preferred name) Mother’s full name: (underline preferred name)

ID number: ID number:

Postal address: Postal address:

Home address: Home address:

Cell number: Cell number:

email: email:

Occupation: Occupation:

Employer: Employer:

Work phone: Work phone:

Marital status: Marital status:

Have you any family association with Kearsney College? Please specify names, relationship and House (if known):
Old Boys/current students:
I, the undersigned, , hereby give my consent for Kearsney to conduct
credit checks and acquire such other information as may be necessary to assess the Parent’s and/or Third Party’s credit-worthiness,
which may involve information being requested from any registered credit bureau, in order to conduct a credit assessment or
affordability assessment in respect of the Parent and/or Third Party.

Signature: Date:

The application fee of R750 should accompany this form, together with a copy of your son’s Unabridged Birth Certificate (or Birth
Certificate which reflects father and/or mother’s details, i.e. ID number, date/place/country of birth).
Banking details: Kearsney College Trust, Standard Bank, Hillcrest Branch: 045 726, Account No: 052 019 365, Swift Code: SBZAZAJJ,
Reference to use: APP/Surname and son’s first name.

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Admission Procedure for Grade 8 
 
1. Application pack – please provide us with the following by email to marketing@kearsney.com: 
 Completed and signed application form. Consent is required for Kearsney to conduct credit checks and 
acquire such other information as may be necessary to assess the Parent’s and/or Third Party’s credit 
worthiness. 
 Proof of payment of the application fee of R750 
Banking details: Kearsney College Trust 
    Standard Bank, Hillcrest branch: 045 726 
    Account No: 052 019 365 
Reference: APP/Surname and son’s first name 
Swift Code: SBZAZAJJ 
 Copy of the applicant’s Unabridged Birth Certificate or Birth Certificate containing parental details. If you do 
not have either of these types of birth certificates at present, please provide a copy of the applicant’s birth 
certificate and a copy of both parents ID documents. Note: we will require a copy of either type birth 
certificate by no later than the end of February of the applicant’s Grade 7 year.  Please refer to the 
Department of Home Affairs.    
 School reports to be submitted: only the Grade 6 mid‐year (when acquired) and final (when acquired) 
reports are required. 
 
2. The year before admission, applicants and their parents will be invited to our Open Weekend. This is usually held 
in March each year. On this weekend applicants write the entrance/scholarship examinations and if applicable, 
audition for Music Scholarships. The boys spend a night in the boarding house and parents are able to attend a 
series of talks and learn all about Kearsney and how it provides the best possible education for their boy. 
 
3. All prospective pupils are required to write an English and Mathematics entrance examination. These 
assessment results, a confidential report (which we obtain from the applicant's current school) and school reports 
form the basis of assessment for admission to Kearsney College. An interview with the Headmaster is offered, but 
is not compulsory.   
 
4. In the event of an offer of a place from the College, a non‐refundable acceptance fee per applicant will be 
required to confirm your acceptance of the offer. Offers of places are made the year before entry, at a date 
determined by the Independent Schools Association of South Africa usually in April. Please note that the number 
of places offered to applicants exceeds the limited places available. Kearsney reserves the right to only fill the 
number of places for pupils it is prepared to take and in such manner as it deems fit. Acceptance into Kearsney is 
entirely at the school’s discretion and the admissions committee’s decision is final. 
 
5. A limited number of scholarships and bursaries are available. Application forms and criteria will be provided from 
January in the preceding year. Kearsney will communicate the criteria to all applicants at this time. 
 
 
For any further information or assistance, kindly call the Admissions Office +27 31 765 9600 or email 
marketing@kearsney.com or info@kearsney.com. 

 
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FEES FOR 2020
Application Fee (to cover administrative costs and is non-refundable) R 750 per application
Acceptance Fee (payable at the time of acceptance and is non-refundable) R 30 000 per pupil
The acceptance fee is paid to a Kearsney College Educational Fund as a contribution to the College’s development programme.

SCHOOL FEES Annual Fees Per month Upfront Payment of Annual Fee if paid IN FULL by
(excluding incidentals paid over 29/11/2019 31/12/2019 31/01/2020
and other fees) 11 months 5.5% 4.5% 3.5%
DAY SCHOLARS
8 and 9 (Middle School) R 174 130 R 15 830 R 164 550 R 166 290 R 168 040
10, 11 and 12 (Senior School) R 190 740 R 17 340 R 180 250 R 182 160 R 184 060

BOARDERS (including tuition)

8 and 9 (Middle School) R 260 590 R 23 690 R 246 260 R 248 860 R 251 470
10, 11 and 12 (Senior School) R 277 200 R 25 200 R 261 950 R 264 730 R 267 500

OTHER FEES - included in monthly statement from the College if applicable Per month
Compulsory debit orders and additional extras
Scholar’s Personal Accident Insurance (compulsory) R 246 Accounts must be paid by way of a compulsory eleven-
Music Tuition (per instrument) R 740 month debit order system. In addition to the above
High Performance Programme (if applicable) R 570 annual charges, certain pupils avail themselves of other
facilities such as dayboy transportation, music tuition,
Transport: Day scholars’ transportation from: Berea upwards R 1 000
extra academic tuition, etc. The accounts department will
Boarders’ transportation from: Berea upwards R 235 advise affected parents of the additional amount to be
Zululand R 1 500 added to their monthly debit order. In addition, all matric
Ballito R 750 candidates are required to pay the IEB Examination Fee,
Umhlanga R 530 amounting to R 7 115, which will be invoiced over nine
months from January. The College reserves the right not
Academic Inclusion levy (if applicable) - R 950 per term
to enter those pupils whose accounts are not fully paid up
Immigration Status levy (if applicable) - R 560 per term by the latest examination entry date.
Literacy Support levy (if applicable) - R 310 per term The school fees and most incidentals are invoiced over
Day scholar overnight boarding charge - R 190 per night eleven months and the debit orders are linked to the
Parents’ Society levy (optional) - R 760 per annum actual amount owing on your statement on the 25th of
Old Boys’ life subscription (compulsory) - A once-off subscription fee is payable by all each month from January to November. The debit
pupils, granting lifetime membership of the KCOB. The total fee is 2.5% of one year’s full order run will commence on the last working day in
tuition and boarding fees (as applicable in the year the pupil starts at Kearsney). This amount January. Any outstanding amount after the end of
is paid off in termly instalments over the period of the pupil’s anticipated stay at the College. November will be cleared with a final debit order run in
December. The debit order system can only apply to
parents with South African bank accounts. Where
parents make payments from foreign bank accounts, special arrangements should be made with the Commercial Director. No allowance is made for absence
from school for illness, extended holiday and disciplinary reasons.
In certain circumstances the Commercial Director will, on application, allow payment to be made quarterly in advance provided that all arrears are settled in full
before the commencement of the first term, and that payment will be made by no later than the first day of a term.

Upfront payment of fees

A 5.5%, 4.5% and 3.5% discount is offered if the annual fees are settled in full before 29 November 2019, 31 December 2019 and 31 January 2020 respectively.
The discount is applied to tuition and boarding and net of any scholarship, bursary or other discount. No credit card facilities are available for the upfront
payment of school fees. Please note that the upfront payment discount is not offered to parents who are on financial assistance.

Payment
All payments to the College must either be by way of cheque or electronic funds transfer. For security reasons, cash will not be accepted. If the upfront payment
option is elected, the Commercial Director should be advised in writing and payment should be made by the abovementioned dates. Cheques should be crossed
“Not Negotiable” and “Not Transferable” and should be made payable to the Kearsney College Trust and paid directly into our banking account:
Standard Bank, Hillcrest Branch, Account No. 052 019 365, Branch Code 045726, Swift Code: SBZAZAJJ. Where money is either transferred electronically or
deposited directly into the College’s bank account, a copy of the payment confirmation or deposit slip should be emailed to athompson@kearsney.com.

Special discounts for two or more brothers at the college at the same time
TWO brothers – 5.0% discount on the annual fee of each of the brothers. THREE or MORE brothers – 10.0% discount on the annual fee of each. The discount is
applied to tuition and boarding and net of any scholarship, bursary or other discount.

Foreign pupils’ deposit

For pupils from outside South Africa, the College requires that three months’ fees be held by the College as a refundable deposit. This is in addition to the
Acceptance Fee payable and is separate to any repatriation fees that may be required by the Government. This deposit must be paid before the pupil enters
Kearsney College and will be refunded when the pupil leaves the College.

Doctors’ consultation fees

The medical practitioners will charge their fees directly to parents or their medical aid, as the case may be.