Trinity Bursary Fund - Educational Excellence for all

Trinity Bursary Fund E D U CATI O N A L E XC E L L E N C E FO R A L L

Access is in Trinity’s DNA

We want to do more

Change a life

Trinity has always followed Archbishop John Whitgift’s instruction to “teach freely certain children of the Parish of Croydon of the poorer sort”.

Currently 15% of our pupils receive means-tested bursaries. The financial support from the Whitgift Foundation will allow us to maintain this level of bursary giving but no more. We do not have sufficient bursary funds available to offer fee assistance to all the children from low income backgrounds who reach the required standard in our entrance tests.

Help us ensure the School remains a diverse, inclusive community, which reflects the make-up of Croydon beyond the School gates and provides a muchneeded channel for social mobility.

From its roots as a Poor School in the nineteenth century, through the era of Direct Grant and Assisted Places in the twentieth century, and with the ever-present support of the Whitgift Foundation, Trinity has always been accessible to children with ability and potential who lack the capacity to pay.

Funding bursaries requires an ongoing commitment, from term-to-term and year-to-year. Only with additional, regular support from within the School community and beyond will we be able to reach more children whose lives would be transformed by a Trinity education.

Help us offer academically gifted children from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance to benefit from an outstanding education, unlock their full potential and go on to make their mark in the world.

Help us raise an income stream of £350,000 each year in regular gifts to the Bursary Fund so that we can offer a further 40 significant bursaries to low income families.

Make a donation today and change a young person’s life.

“Education should be needs-blind, where tuition is available on the basis of ability and potential, not the capacity to pay. That is why I am proud to give both my money and time in support of the Trinity Bursary Fund.”

Dr Barry MacEvoy [Trinity 1990] Particle Physicist, CERN

Trinity Bursaries Today

MILLION

£1.8 BURSARY SUPPORT CURRENTLY PROVIDED ANNUALLY

0 % £

OF SCHOOL FEE INCOME IS SUPPORTING BURSARIES

15%

>60% OF FEES

Alasdair Kennedy, Headmaster

Trinity Bursaries With Your Help

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£3 D D I T 50 I O N ,00 A L 0

Trinity’s genuine mix of students is one of the School’s great strengths.

All our pupils benefit from being part of a supportive community that is inclusive, friendly and diverse.

Increasing our bursary provision will reinforce this fundamental part of Trinity’s character.

“The bursary programme benefits our bursary students, but it has an even greater impact on the whole School.

Having children from all backgrounds helps all our pupils to remain grounded, unpretentious, and able to engage with everyone they will meet in life.

A generous bursary programme is key to retaining this remarkable aspect of our School.”

GIFTS FROM THE TRINITY COMMUNITY SO FAR

67 STUDENTS RECEIVE BURSARIES

TR I N IT Y STU DENTS RECEIVE BURSARIES

The Trinity community

0 ,00 0 5 £3

ADDED TO ANNUAL BURSARY INCOME

FUNDING FOR UP TO

40 SIGNIFICANT BURSARIES

£2+ MILLION

BU RSARY SU PPORT PROVIDED ANNUALLY

“I believe every child deserves the experience that Trinity gave me�

Paul Cleal [Trinity 1984] Former Partner, PWC & ex-Social Mobility & Child Poverty Commissioner

For more information please contact: David on 020 8662 5162 or Elinor on 020 8662 5155 or email development@trinity.croydon.sch.uk Part of the Whitgift Foundation, Registered Charity Number 312612

Trinity School Shirley Park, Croydon, CR9 7AT Tel: 020 8656 9541 www.trinity-school.org/ supporting-trinity