Financial assistance is available to those families with pupils
entering Bolton School from ages 11 through to 18. Bursaries ensure
that pupils are drawn from diverse backgrounds; many of our
students are from families whose income is below the national
average. Currently, over 270 pupils receive Bursary-assisted
places. This is made possible by our Open Door Bursary Fund, which
aims to maintain the ethos of Lord Leverhulme who, when re-endowing
the School in 1915, wanted to offer an education for all,
regardless of financial circumstances.
Who's Eligible?
The School offers fee assistance to those parents whose income
is such that they would not otherwise be able to pay the full fees.
The awards are based on the child's performance in the entrance
examination and the degree of assistance required. The latter is
based on an annual declaration of income and assets. The Bursary
will continue for every year in which your child remains at the
School. However, it is re-assessed annually.
You can download an application form for a bursary from the
bottom of this page.
Parents whose income is less than £18,860 may be offered full
remission of fees (currently one in twelve pupils in our
two Senior Schools receives a free place). Those parents
whose income to 5 April 2012 exceeds £75,198 will not qualify for
assistance.
How To Apply For A Bursary
If you wish to be considered for a Bursary please complete the
Application Form which will be sent out with the invitation to sit
the entrance examination. That form will require an estimate of
your income for the year ending 5 April 2011. After submission of
the form, there will be a parental interview with the School's
Finance Manager.
If your child is successful in the Entrance Examination he/she
will be offered a place, by letter on 27 February 2012. That offer
will inform you of the provisional level of Bursary Award (if you
qualify on financial grounds) in terms of your contribution towards
fees. You should then follow the instructions relating to your
acceptance of that place.
In May you will be asked to complete a Final Declaration of
Income form. On this you will be asked to enter details of your
actual income to 5 April 2011. With this Declaration you will be
asked to provide documentation to corroborate your income for the
previous fiscal year. We will inform you of the amount of your own
contribution towards fees, in writing, during the course of the
school summer holiday.
The Bursary will continue for every year in which your child
remains at the School. We may ask you to pay a greater proportion
of the fees if your income should rise, but there is no obligation
on the School's part to increase the percentage should your income
fall; in the latter situation each particular case will be judged
on its merits. Each April therefore you will be asked to complete a
new Declaration of Income form and to provide details of your
income for the previous fiscal year.
You will be provided with explanatory notes in order to help you
to complete both the Provisional and Final Declaration forms.
Alternatively you may telephone the Bursary Officer, Miss
Nightingale, on 01204 840201 ext 329, or contact her by email cnightingale@boltonschool.org.
Sixth Form Bursaries
Bursary support is available to students who apply to join the
Boys' or Girls' Division Sixth Form. We award bursaries after
consideration of family income and a student's academic merit; in
order to help us ascertain the academic potential of a girl
applying for a bursary we will require her to sit a cognitive test
administered by the School.
You can download a brochure describing Bolton School's bursary
scheme below:
Bursaries
Brochure 2012
Foundation Grant Application Form Example - Boys
2011-12
Foundation
Grant Application Form Example - Girls 2011-12