Enrolment Dates and Fees
HILTON

COLLEGE

It's time to unlock your boy's future

Our enrolment dates

Where do I start?
First, you need to register online so that you and your son are on our database. This can be done anytime from your son’s birth, and no later than the beginning of his Grade 6 year. Our enrolment process takes about 18 months, so please don’t leave it too late.

We’re here to guide you

We encourage you to spend as much time as possible with us to understand our school and our beliefs. You’ll have opportunities to visit our beautiful campus and your son can even stay overnight, take a school tour, and chat with our inspiring faculty, support staff and, most importantly, our boys.
Step 1

Get Started

  • Apply online.
  • Fill in and submit the information form that we send to you, along with your son’s school reports and a family photo. Please email this to Trish on register@hiltoncollege.com
  • Download the Hilton College app. We’ll send you the password.
  • Schedule a time for your family to meet with us, online or in person, during term time. Please email Trish on register@hiltoncollege.com
Step 2
Explore Hilton College

Choose ONE of these three options:

  1. Request a personal tour before or after your family meets with us. Please email Thuthu on enrolment@hiltoncollege.com
  2. Attend a Welcome Day on 8 February 2026. Please book using our app.
  3. Arrange a tailored tour for your family, including a meeting with our headmaster and a trip to our nature reserve. Boys can enjoy a sleepover in one of our boarding houses after the tour. You’ll need to arrange for at least four other families with Grade 6 boys to join you. Book by emailing Thuthu on enrolment@hiltoncollege.com
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Step 3

learn the hilton way

Step 4
New Boys Weekend

Compulsory
14 – 15 March 2026

Designed for families who have a strong sense that Hilton College is their high school choice, this weekend is one of the final steps of the enrolment process and can be a first step in the induction process. Boys will stay in a boarding house, and parents are invited to informative sessions and lunches. RSVP through the school app.

offers of place

February 2026

Offers of place are made to sons of Old Hiltonians and siblings of Hilton boys.

april 2026

Merit awards, financial assistance, and general place offers are made.

Feel free to contact anyone on our enrolment team if you have any questions or require assistance.

Our fees

The Hilton College experience is priceless. Immeasurably more than an education, it opens up a world of opportunity to your boy, who is enveloped into a fraternity for life.

On acceptance, you will need to pay a R110,441.50 non-refundable entrance fee, the equivalent of one term’s fees at the current rate, to the school as a contribution to the school’s development programme.

The Hilton College fees for 2026 are R441,766 per annum.

This fee covers tuition, food and board, games, minor medical attention, the use of the sanatorium, library and laundry. It includes core curriculum-based activities inclusive of sports other than as highlighted below.

We charge a consolidated fee of R594.25 per term for extras. This covers items like some dry cleaning, laundry bags, minor duplicating costs, newspapers, minor sanatorium requisites, sunscreen, certain school plays and school socials at Hilton College. An additional fee is charged to boys participating in golf, rowing, and canoeing. This fee is to cover the additional transport costs and limited maintenance on the equipment, but doesn’t cover expenses should your son be selected to participate in outside competitions/regattas/tours etc.

Fees for locally resident parents are payable annually or monthly, over 10 months, in advance by debit order. You can obtain the relevant form from our Finance office. We require foreign resident parents to settle fees either annually or termly in advance. Whether you live in South Africa or abroad, we may offer a discount if you pay the annual fee before the end of January. Please contact the Finance office to find out more. Extras for all parents are due on presentation of an account.

Books and stationery, medicines, doctors’ fees, special entertainment and sundry travelling are not included in fees.

Boys whose families live outside of South Africa are required to pay a Foreign Pupil’s Deposit of one and a half term’s fees. This deposit is intended to cover the costs of repatriation, should such a situation arise, and is refundable. This is standard practice amongst independent schools in South Africa.

We encourage parents to participate in a scheme whereby they can claim full remission of fees payable if a boy is absent from school for five consecutive days if absent due to an injury. Accident insurance is, however, compulsory. The annual medical expense limit is R120 000 per annum and excess may apply from time to time. There is cover for permanent disablement up to a maximum of R750 000.

The school will process all claims and forward to the claims administrators who will admit claims in accordance with the policy wording. More details of this cover are available on request.

Register your interest today

Start your son’s application for a place at Hilton College

If you have any questions, please get in touch with us.

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