SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

At St Swithun’s, through our scholarships, we formally recognise achievement and attitude in the following areas: the academic life of the school, music, drama, art and sport. In addition, a maths scholarship is available both at year 9 (13+) and in year 12 (sixth-form).

Scholarships confer a small fee remission of 5% or 10%. If prospective students are unable to afford our fees, they are encouraged to apply for a bursary of up to 100% of fees. Further details are available here.

Being a scholar is an honour and a privilege, and thus scholarships at St Swithun’s are highly prized and competitive. Accordingly, a scholarship comes with both opportunities and responsibilities.

Some schools offer a scholarship programme that is available only to scholars, but that approach is not in keeping with our ethos. As the number of scholarships is limited and the appetite for scholarship is high, we believe in making enriching and challenging opportunities available to all our students.

Nevertheless, we recognise that our scholars show particular and consistent commitment and aptitude in their areas of expertise, and we therefore allocate them a school mentor and offer them plenty of opportunities for development. We expect our scholars to serve as role models and for their approach to reflect the principles of High Performance Learning. The HPL skills and behaviours can be viewed here..

Once a scholarship has been awarded it is retained to the end of the upper sixth, subject to annual review.

All scholarships at year 9 (13+) and year 12 (sixth-form) are available to both internal and external candidates. Revised for 2024 entry.