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Hi ,

I want to know how much scholarship (not the Bursary that is income based) do the Independent schools offer. For example, how much scholarship do students actually get at St Pauls/Westminster/Habs/Merchant Taylor ?
Hear lot of 'talks' that schools give more than 50% or so and so DC got 100%, but the school websites do not mention that number?
Most of the schools says 10-20% academic, 10% music / arts / sports / drama / debate. But I doubt one single child can get all of it to get total scholarship > 50%.

Thank you!

Most scholarships will only be 10-20% - some pupils get bursaries on top and may say they got a 50-100% scholarship - there are few if any non means-tested large scholarships around

Quite a few schools put much of their scholarship money into bursary funds

Scholarship fund is not much at all. This year majority is giving between 7-10%. Some schools give book vouchers etc as well.

Academic scholarships at SPS is £250, 10-20% MTS and 80% of the boarding fee for the Queen's scholars at Westminster.

Academic scholarship at City boys is £250 as well. As rightly pointed out, the focus is on bursaries for schools rather than scholarships

nylon14 wrote:Academic scholarships at SPS is £250, 10-20% MTS and 80% of the boarding fee for the Queen's scholars at Westminster.

To be clear, the Queens Scholarship at Westminster is as follows:

For 13+ entrants, the fee for a Queen’s Scholar is set at 80% of the full boarding fee and for 16+ entrants, the fee is set at 60% of the full boarding fee until 2024 entry, at which point it will move to the same level of remission as for 13+ entry. The Governing Body reviews school fees annually by the end of the summer term, for publication by early July.

https://www.westminster.org.uk/admissions/scholarships/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Edited to add full link

HMC Code of Conduct sets the maximum value of an academic scholarship at 50%. Bursaries can be up to 100% of fees and it's possible for schools to combine an academic scholarship with a bursary.

Up in Liverpool/ the North West it is in the 10-20% region, with 10% being more typical.