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Scholarships & bursaries

Most schools list their scholarships as honour and prestige. The money behind them varies wildly. Here's the distribution per category — so you know whether a sport scholarship at the school you're visiting typically means £2k or £25k off the bill.

1000 scholarships tracked377 schools314 bursary rows30 with award counts23 with annual spend10 categories
Strongest published bursary data points

These rows use published school or foundation figures. Where a school says “up to 100%” but does not publish pupil numbers or budget, we keep those fields blank rather than estimating.

Dulwich College
Southwark · Boys
up to 100% fee support
192 bursary awards in 2024£5m annual support
Queen's College, London
Westminster · Girls
up to 100% fee support
170 bursary awards
Trinity School
Croydon · Boys
up to 100% fee support
168 bursary awards£2m annual support
St Paul's School
Richmond upon Thames · Boys
up to 100% fee support
143 bursary awards£8.5m annual support
Alleyn's School
Southwark · Co Ed
up to 100% fee support
107 bursary awards in 2022
City of London School for Girls
City of London · Girls
up to 100% fee support
100 bursary awards
Highgate School
Haringey · Girls
94-100% fee support
100 bursary awards
Hampton School
Richmond upon Thames · Boys
up to 100% fee support
96 bursary awards
St Paul's Girls' School
Hammersmith and Fulham · Girls
up to 100% fee support
80 bursary awards in 2023
North London Collegiate School
Harrow · Girls
up to 100% fee support
78 bursary awards
Award percentage by category

Box shows the 25th–75th percentile of published award percentages; the line in the middle is the median; the dot is the maximum we've recorded. Categories without published percentages (means-tested, all-rounder) are excluded from the boxes but still listed below.

Academic
30–100%median 50%
Music
10–20%median 10%, max 50%
Sport
10–30%median 20%, max 50%
Means Tested
100–100%median 100%
Art
10–30%median 20%, max 50%
Drama
10–23%median 20%, max 50%
Other
15–98%median 50%, max 110%
All Rounder
16–100%median 60%
Dt
20–40%median 30%, max 50%
Technology
3 schools (no published %)
0%25%50%75%100%
Sort by92 schools
  • Bishop's Stortford College
    HertfordshireCo EdAll Through
    up to 110%
    9 scholarships
    AcademicArtMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 110% fee support
  • Wimbledon High School
    MertonGirlsAll Through
    up to 110%
    9 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaMusicSportBursary: 100-110% fee support
  • Malvern College
    WorcestershireCo EdSenior
    up to 110%
    5 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaMeans TestedSportBursary: up to 110% fee support
  • Blackheath High School GDST
    GreenwichGirls
    up to 100%
    21 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Colfe's School
    GreenwichCo EdAll Through
    up to 100%
    18 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Hampton School
    Richmond upon ThamesBoysSenior
    up to 100%
    16 scholarships
    96 bursary awards
    AcademicArtDramaMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support96 bursary awards
  • Bancroft's School
    RedbridgeBoysAll Through
    up to 100%
    16 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaDtMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • City of London School
    City of LondonBoysSenior
    up to 100%
    15 scholarships
    AcademicMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Alleyn's School
    SouthwarkCo EdAll Through
    up to 100%
    14 scholarships
    107 bursary awards in 2022
    AcademicArtDramaDtMusicOtherSportNext deadline 13 Nov 2026Bursary: up to 100% fee support107 bursary awards in 2022
  • St Helen's School
    HillingdonGirlsAll Through
    up to 100%
    14 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Bromley High School
    BromleyGirlsAll Through
    up to 100%
    13 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Aldenham School
    HertfordshireCo EdAll Through
    up to 100%
    13 scholarships
    AcademicAll RounderArtDramaDtMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Abingdon School
    OxfordshireCo EdAll Through
    up to 100%
    13 scholarships
    74 bursary awards
    AcademicAll RounderArtDramaDtMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support74 bursary awards
  • Putney High School
    WandsworthGirlsAll Through
    up to 100%
    12 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaDtMeans TestedMusicSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • City of London School for Girls
    City of LondonGirlsSenior
    up to 100%
    11 scholarships
    100 bursary awards
    AcademicArtDramaMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support100 bursary awards
  • Ardingly College
    West SussexCo EdAll Through
    up to 100%
    10 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaDtMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Rokeby School
    Kingston upon ThamesBoysAll Through
    up to 100%
    10 scholarships
    AcademicAll RounderArtDramaMusicSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Notting Hill & Ealing High School
    EalingGirlsAll Through
    up to 100%
    9 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaMusicSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • North London Collegiate School
    HarrowGirlsAll Through
    up to 100%
    9 scholarships
    78 bursary awards
    AcademicMeans TestedMusicSportBursary: up to 100% fee support78 bursary awards
  • Sutton High School GDST
    SuttonGirlsAll Through
    up to 100%
    9 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaDtMusicSportNext deadline 1 Oct 2026Bursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Felsted School
    EssexCo EdAll Through
    up to 100%
    9 scholarships
    AcademicAll RounderArtDramaMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Blackheath High Junior School
    LewishamGirlsSenior
    up to 100%
    9 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaMusicSportTechnologyBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Channing School
    HaringeyGirlsAll Through
    up to 100%
    8 scholarships
    AcademicMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Headington School
    OxfordshireGirlsSenior
    up to 100%
    7 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaMeans TestedMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Francis Holland School, Sloane Square
    WestminsterGirlsSenior
    up to 100%
    7 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaMusicOtherSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Whitgift School
    CroydonBoysSenior
    up to 100%
    7 scholarships
    £5.8m annual support
    AcademicArtDramaDtMusicSportBursary: up to 100% fee support£5.8m annual support
  • Eltham College
    BromleyBoysAll Through
    up to 100%
    7 scholarships
    19 bursary awards in 2023
    AcademicArtDramaMusicOtherSportBursary: 85-100% fee support19 bursary awards in 2023£2.3m annual support
  • Canford School
    DorsetCo EdSenior
    up to 100%
    7 scholarships
    AcademicAll RounderArtDramaMusicSportNext deadline 1 Dec 2026Bursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Cheltenham Ladies' College
    GloucestershireGirls
    up to 100%
    7 scholarships
    AcademicArtDramaMusicSportBursary: up to 100% fee support
  • Oundle School
    NorthamptonshireCo EdSenior
    up to 100%
    7 scholarships
    170 bursary awards
    AcademicArtDramaDtMeans TestedMusicSportBursary: 10-100% fee support170 bursary awards£4m annual support
How to read this
  • Distribution — the box for each category shows the 25th, 50th and 75th percentile of published award percentages. Many schools advertise scholarships as “honorary” with no fee remission; those don't carry a percentage and aren't in the boxes.
  • Means-tested vs competitive — most fee remission at the top schools is bursary, not scholarship. Scholarships rarely exceed 50% by policy. Eton's 100% is a bursary masquerading by name.
  • Award counts appear only where a school publishes pupils supported, awards granted or annual bursary spend. If the source does not publish the year, we leave the year blank.
  • Deadlines catch most parents out — many fall in the autumn before the entry year. Where we have an upcoming date, the row shows it.