Fees and Admissions

Scholarships

Academic scholarships are awarded at 11+, 13+, and for the Sixth Form. They are generally worth 20% of the Day fee, and are not dependent on financial circumstances. The financial assistance of a scholarship may be enhanced up to a total of 50% of the Day fee by an additional bursary.

All pupils wishing to enter the senior school at Year 7 (including those from our own Prep Department) should register to sit our assessment tests in Mathematics, English, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning in the January preceding entry. One or two 11+ scholarships are usually awarded based on the results of these tests.

Any girls wishing to be considered for a 13+ academic scholarship (both internal and external candidates) should register with the school. The scholarship examinations take place at the end of January. One 13+ scholarship is available.

Sixth Form scholarships are awarded on the results of the school mock GCSE examinations in January each year. External candidates are required to sit some of the same papers and submit their own mock results.

Although the school usually offers only academic scholarships, it is willing to consider particularly talented pupils in other areas, such as music.

Bursaries

The school has limited funds available to help those in financial need.  Bursary awards are made to deserving pupils and are subject to a confidential statement of financial circumstances.  The parent of any pupil or potential pupil requiring such assistance should contact the Headmistress.

One full Day fees bursary may be awarded each year to a pupil entering the school in Form IV (Year 10) for her two years of GCSE courses.  Subject to satisfactory performance this would normally be extended for a further two years in the Sixth Form.

Other bursaries may be for varying amounts depending on parents’ income and financial position, but the maximum award is 50% of the Day fee. 

For pupils entering the senior school in Form I (Year 7) bursaries would normally only be awarded to extend a scholarship.  At other stages in the school bursaries may be available to families who suffer unforeseen financial difficulties.