Woodstock School

Woodstock School is located in the Himalayan foothills near the hill station of Mussoorie, in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India (248179). The campus sits in Mussoorie with on-campus residential life. Travel to Woodstock is coordinated from Dehradun and Delhi via air, rail, or road, and Woodstock maintains a Travel Office to assist with transport arrangements.

Woodstock is an IB World School offering the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP). The school provides Early Years, Middle Years (Grades 6-8), and Upper Years with the US Diploma and IB Diploma via Diploma Pathways.

International boarding school.

English as an Additional Language (EAL) is available to support students who have English as a second or additional language. A beginner EAL programme is available for Grades 5–7; the regular EAL programme includes Grades 5–8 (and occasionally Grade 9). Additional support is provided by the ESL department with assessments and placement tests during admission and throughout schooling.

India.

The school has a Christian tradition with a Chaplaincy Programme; it fosters inter-religious dialogue and is inclusive of students from other faiths.

Weekdays begin with wake-up at 6:00 AM, breakfast from 6:30 to 7:30 AM, and lunch from 12:00 to 1:45 PM. Evening study halls occur Monday through Thursday for one to one-and-a-half hours. After dinner, students stay on campus unless pre-approved for outings. On weekends, the schedule runs from Friday after school until Sunday quiet time, with Lights Out extended by 30 minutes on Friday and Saturday. Students also have specific daily routines, including laptop and gadget timings (laptops collected at 7:00 AM; gadgets returned by 8:20 PM; gadget cupboard locked at 8:25 PM).

Application fees

- Application fee: INR 10,000 (non-refundable) payable at the time of submitting the admissions application.

Tuition and annual fees by year group (full detail per year and per term)

- The school invoices annual fees; parents are billed for the full year and may pay according to the published billing schedule. The following annual fees are published:
- Grade 6: INR 1,805,000 per year — equivalent to INR 902,500 per term.
- Grade 7: INR 1,805,000 per year — equivalent to INR 902,500 per term.
- Grade 8: INR 1,805,000 per year — equivalent to INR 902,500 per term.
- Grade 9: INR 1,865,000 per year — equivalent to INR 932,500 per term.
- Grade 10: INR 1,865,000 per year — equivalent to INR 932,500 per term.
- Grade 11: INR 2,005,000 per year — equivalent to INR 1,002,500 per term.
- Grade 12: INR 2,005,000 per year — equivalent to INR 1,002,500 per term.

- What the annual fee covers: tuition, textbooks, notebooks, boarding and lodging, basic laundry, Internet and email facilities, class field trips, and most social activities.

One-time and refundable deposits

- Establishment Fee (one-time, payable at admission): INR 400,000 (non-refundable).
- Security Deposit (payable at admission; refundable): INR 390,000. The security deposit is refundable after adjustment against any outstanding balances and is returned after completion of 90 days from the date of withdrawal or graduation.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- Invoicing and due dates:
- Fees are invoiced for the whole year in April. Payment is due in two equal instalments: the first instalment by 31 May and the second instalment by 30 November.
- Mandatory imprest (incidental) deposit:
- An imprest amount of INR 100,000 per semester (i.e., per term/semester) is mandatorily required to be deposited before the due date to cover incidental expenses (dorm store, pocket money, examination fees, etc.).
- Early-payment discount and payment-plan options:
- Option One: A 2% discount on the net invoice applies if the full year payment is made before 31 May.
- Option Two: On request, the school may permit a 6-month instalment plan to clear the semester fee and imprest. Monthly instalments must be paid by the last day of each month. There is an interest charge of 1.5% per month on the month-end outstanding balance under this plan; a higher interest of 3% applies for any month in which an instalment is not paid on time. The plan does not cover exceptional billings, which must be cleared immediately.
- Late-payment penalties and account restrictions:
- Late fees and interest are applied on overdue balances (monthly interest and escalating restrictions). Repeated or prolonged non-payment can lead to restricted student benefits, withheld access to certain services, withholding of transcripts, and in extreme cases the student not being permitted to remain at the school. Legal recovery action may be taken for outstanding balances.
- Currency and conversion:
- All fees are payable in INR only. Payments made in other currencies are converted to INR at prevailing rates on the day of deposit; any shortfall due to currency variation is recoverable from the parent account.

Boarding fees and residential charges

- The published annual fees above include boarding and lodging (there is no separate published line-item “boarding fee” in the fee schedule because boarding is included in the annual fee). The annual fee also includes basic laundry and most residential services. Incidental residential spending (dorm-store purchases, pocket money, exam fees, etc.) is expected to be covered from the mandatory imprest deposit of INR 100,000 per semester.

Other costs and typical additional charges

- Included in the annual fee: textbooks, notebooks, basic laundry, Internet/email, class field trips, and most social activities.
- Mandatory incidental imprest: INR 100,000 per semester to cover dorm-store purchases, pocket money, examination fees and similar incidental costs. Exceptional or one-off billings (medical, special programmes, etc.) are billed separately and must be cleared immediately.
- Uniforms, stationery beyond textbooks, private tutoring, optional external exam fees or external course fees are not listed as separate standard charges in the published fee schedule; no separate uniform fee or uniform-itemised charge is published in the available fee documents. Parents should expect incidental personal/optional costs to be met from the imprest or billed as exceptional charges.
- Summer programme and short courses: some short courses carry their own application and course fees (for example, some summer programmes show a course fee and a separate application fee). These are distinct from the standard annual tuition/boarding charges.

Refund information

- Security deposit refund: The security deposit is refundable after withdrawal or graduation, first adjusted against any outstanding balances, and the remaining balance is refunded after 90 days from the date of withdrawal or graduation.
- Refunds/credits for unused services: The school may provide fee credits for unused services (for example, online-class credits are described in policy at a stated monthly rate). Exceptional billings are not covered by payment plans and must be cleared immediately. Specific refund conditions for particular services or programmes (beyond the security deposit and standard policies) are handled according to the school's fee and refund policies.

Fee payment options

- Online payment by card or bank transfer via the school payment portal is available. A payment portal is provided for online card and bank payments. Credit-card payments attract an additional charge (credit-card surcharge).
- Direct bank transfer (domestic and international wire instructions) is accepted; the school provides specific bank account details for rupee transfers within India and SWIFT/foreign-transfer instructions for international payments. Parents are asked to include student name, grade and parent account number with transfers and to send transfer receipts to the school finance office.
- Accepted card types and card charge: Visa and Maestro cards are accepted for credit-card payment; credit-card payments are subject to an additional surcharge (published as 2.5% in the school payment instructions).

Recent Woodstock students represent nationalities including Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Somaliland, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, the United Kingdom, the United States, Vietnam, Yemen.