When you submit your online registration form, you indicate on it that you are applying for a bursary, either full or partial.

On completion of the registration form and payment of our registration fee of £35, our Admissions team will send you a Statement of Financial Circumstances Form (KSB1) which seeks to establish the financial circumstances of the household.

After the entrance exams in January or Sixth Form interviews in the Spring, if your child meets the academic and financial criteria, we will invite you for a meeting at School. You will need to submit the following documents to support your application for a bursary:

• P60 or tax return for the year 6 April 2022 to 5 April 2023
• Payslip (last 3 months)
• any Universal Credit entitlement or proof of benefits 
• Bank statements (last 3 months)
• Copy of HMRC tax calculation issued under Self-Assessment (if applicable)
• Mortgage statement/Rent agreement (if applicable)
• Approximate market value of property if owned – this may be photo of Zoopla (or other website) valuation for a similar property
• Copy of Company accounts (if applicable)

We are very aware that school fees are a significant expense and we look to make plenty of awards at all levels. Last year besides free places we awarded partial bursaries ranging in amount from 25% to 90%. These examples may help to show the type of families who have been awarded bursaries in the past:

• Single parent family, one child, mother working in low income job, rented accommodation. Bursary of 100% awarded 
• Family with three children, one much younger. One parent currently working with low income, own home with little equity. Bursary of 100% awarded
• Family with two children. Both parents self-employed with low to moderate income, not always stable, rented accommodation. Bursary of 70% awarded
• Family with two children. Both parents working with moderate income, own home with mortgage and some savings. Bursary of 50% awarded
• Family with three children. Two parents working with moderate income, own home with significant mortgage and other financial commitments. Bursary 25% awarded

We review bursaries every year in case financial circumstances have changed. We ask all bursary families to undertake an annual financial review in the Spring term of every year. Reductions in bursary may occur if there is a large new source of income or a change in job which results in a substantial increase in income. Please note that adjustments to bursaries are generally by mutual agreement. If your child has qualified for a full bursary (100%) it is unlikely that this will be removed unless there has been a significant change in circumstances.

We understand that the concept of an annual review of a bursary may cause concern. In order to give this some context, of the hundreds of bursary recipients in School, following the annual bursary review in 2023 there were no changes to 100% full bursary recipients, and 2 families had their bursary increased.

In addition to a financial review, we will also check that the expectations of students have been met in terms of behaviour and academic progress. A student who is awarded a Bursary Award is required to work hard, to contribute positively to the life of the School, to be a credit to the School and to set a good example to other students and comply with the School Rules.

Whilst some our scholarships are also means-tested and based on family income the following awards are available and awarded purely on academic merit:

• Year 7 Music Scholarship
• Head’s Award (for current pupil moving up from Year 6 to the Senior School)
• Sixth Form Music Scholarship
• Governors Academic Scholarships