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funding for lower income kids in private schools.....

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Yorkiegirl · 13/02/2006 22:09

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mcmudda · 13/02/2006 22:10

Don't have any links, but there may be trusts local to your charge which fund like this. Benevolent former pupils often do this. Or the school itself may have a bursary or assisted place scheme for exceptionally bright children.

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Yorkiegirl · 13/02/2006 22:11

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SqueakyCat · 14/02/2006 09:52

One list of grant making bodies is at :

www.educational-grants.org/

To be honest, almost all are for children already in the private sector whose families suffer a crisis in income (e.g. death of breadwinner) and the charities will help out until the next stage in their schooling (i.e. if 14 will pay through GCSEs but not through A levels). Some may be more flexible, so worth looking. She may also get somewhere if she can show that a private school is not just a 'good thing' for her daughter, but essential to meet her daughter's exceptional educational needs. Also if accademically / musically brilliant, she may win a part-scholarship.

Queen Ethelburger's School also came up in a quick search as offering grants - that's yorkshire, no?

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sylvm · 14/02/2006 09:53

When we were looking for DD1 all the private schools we checked out had a bursary scheme. She is now year 9 so we are talking about 3 years ago and the figure quoted below which you could apply was annual income of about £38K. This probably will have gone up by now I would have thought. What I don't know is what percentage of the fees a bursary would cover.