How to apply for a bursary

Enquiries can be made at any time but the procedures and important dates for entry into both years 7 and 12 for September 2012 are outlined below.

Year 7

Step 1

If you wish to apply for a bursary for year 7, please indicate this on the exam entry form . The deadline for entry forms for September 2012 is 18 November 2011.

Step 2
You will then be asked to complete a preliminary bursary application form, which will take into account capital resources as well as income. The deadline for submission of the application form is 5 January 2012. The form is available to download here and will also be sent to all parents who indicate their intention to apply for a bursary.

Step 3
Bursary applications are considered once examinations and interview have taken place and you may receive a home visit by the business director and a senior member of our management team to discuss financial, welfare and pastoral issues. Home visits usually take place at the beginning of February 2012.

Step 4
If your daughter is then offered a place, you will be notified as to whether she will receive a bursary, and for what amount. Offer letters are sent out shortly after the home visits have taken place. The value of a bursary will be confirmed after the completion of an updated bursary application form, which is issued to parents in May 2012 and has to be returned by the end of June 2012.

If we are unable to offer you a bursary, please be aware that ‘a full fee-paying place’ is a commitment for up to seven years if your daughter joins at age 11, and continues at St Paul’s until the age of 18 years.

Year 12

Step 1

If you wish to apply for a bursary for year 12, please indicate this on the exam entry form. The deadline for entry forms for September 2012 is 21 October 2011.

Step 2
You will then be asked to complete a preliminary bursary application form, which will take into account capital resources as well as income. The deadline for submission of the application form is 16 November 2011. The form is available here and will also be sent to all parents who indicate their intention to apply for a bursary.

Step 3
Bursary applications are considered once examinations and interview have taken place and you may receive a home visit by the business director and a senior member of our management team to discuss financial, welfare and pastoral issues. Home visits usually take place at the beginning of November 2011.

Step 4
If your daughter is then offered a place, you will be notified as to whether you will receive a bursary, and for what amount. Offer letters are sent out shortly after the home visits have taken place. The value of a bursary will be confirmed after the completion of an updated bursary application form, which is issued to parents in May 2012 and has to be returned by the end of June 2012.

If we are unable to offer you a bursary, please be aware that ‘a full fee-paying place’ is a commitment for the two years of the senior school.