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Independent Schools and bursaries

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didofido · 22/11/2011 14:09

Would be grateful for any info MNers could give me, please. We are looking at Oundle, Oakham, and Uppingham - not necessarily in that order. Does anyone have inside informermation about any of them, and especially how generous (or otherwise) they are with bursaries? Does anyone know limits of income above which no bursary is possible?

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grovel · 22/11/2011 15:24

I'd phone the schools. They get tons of such calls and don't hold them against the parents.

StillSquiffy · 22/11/2011 15:01

Don't know about your particular schools, but at the one (very well known) school I know, the cut-off for any assistance at all is around £45k joint income; they expect both parents to work and also expect you to not have foreign holidays, to not drive a new car, and to not have any equity in your house. I think most schools operate something there or thereabouts.

That's for 'standard' bursaries which are always means-tested. Many school offer scholarship-linked bursaries which are not means tested, and some are particularly generous toward children that have exceptional talent but have to date been state-school educated. These scholarships are normally detailed on the websites of the schools (it's all good marketing stuff!)

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