Bursaries

Our target is to fund 25 per cent of students through bursaries. We award up to ten means-tested bursaries to students who join us in year 7 (two of them are kindly funded by HSBC), and up to five more bursaries for students arriving in year 12. For candidates who join us at year 12, there's also the Ogden Trust science award for a UK citizen currently at a non-independent school who wants to study both physics and maths at A level.

Without a scholarship, going to St Paul's would not have been a possibility for me and without St Paul's I would not be the person I am today.

Bursaries fund up to 100 per cent of tuition fees on a sliding scale depending on annual family income, assets and other information, plus exam entry fees and a grant towards textbooks. Holders of 100 per cent bursaries entering in year 7 also receive an extra package to cover the cost of sports uniforms and equipment, travel (where not covered by free London bus travel for under 18s), an annual contribution towards school visits and free tuition in one musical instrument.

Scholarships

Year 7

We award up to four academic scholarships and two music scholarships to year 7 entrants (worth £100 a year; the music scholarship also includes free tuition in one instrument). We consider all year 7 applicants for academic scholarships based on how they do in the entrance tests and we award the music scholarships after an audition.

Year 12

For year 12 we may also award two music scholarships to current students and two more to new joiners (worth £250 a year plus free tuition in two instruments), and two art scholarships (worth £250 a year) to internal and external candidates. The Nora Day music scholarship (worth 50 per cent of school fees plus free tuition in two instruments) is awarded every other year to a new joiner who's exceptionally talented on a keyboard instrument. We also award scholarships worth £250 a year for academic distinction in an optional project completed at the end of year 12.