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Eton Early Tranche results Bursary boys .

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Tobstar106 · 03/02/2026 19:16

Has anyone heard in regards to the Early tranche results for Eton College ?
Thank you

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Pollyshat · 04/02/2026 16:57

Have you heard anything yet @Tobstar106 ? Did they tell you when to expect new.

Pollyshat · 04/02/2026 17:06

I am expecting to hear in March , were you told otherwise?

Tobstar106 · 04/02/2026 23:01

Pollyshat · 04/02/2026 16:57

Have you heard anything yet @Tobstar106 ? Did they tell you when to expect new.

I thought it was February , did they say March? Are the results coming out the same time as the first tranche ? They are in March , I thought we were before .

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Tobstar106 · 02/03/2026 20:21

Pollyshat · 04/02/2026 17:06

I am expecting to hear in March , were you told otherwise?

@Pollyshat Hi , well it definitely not February !

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Nicha · 06/03/2026 05:42

Do you know what date the results will be announced in March?

Tobstar106 · 06/03/2026 13:41

Nicha · 06/03/2026 05:42

Do you know what date the results will be announced in March?

@Nicha you should receive an email today

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Pollyshat · 06/03/2026 15:19

Good luck everyone, I hope you get the news you are hoping for.

Tobstar106 · 06/03/2026 17:16

Pollyshat · 06/03/2026 15:19

Good luck everyone, I hope you get the news you are hoping for.

@Pollyshat thank you , where are you waiting for ?

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Tobstar106 · 06/03/2026 17:19

Pollyshat · 06/03/2026 15:19

Good luck everyone, I hope you get the news you are hoping for.

@Nicha @Pollyshat we will hear next week !

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Pollyshat · 06/03/2026 17:39

We are keeping everything crossed here, my DS loved the school.
Good luck 🤞🏻

Tobstar106 · 06/03/2026 18:15

Pollyshat · 06/03/2026 17:39

We are keeping everything crossed here, my DS loved the school.
Good luck 🤞🏻

@Pollyshat did you receive the email today ?

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38thparallel · 06/03/2026 18:18

Good luck everybody

Pollyshat · 06/03/2026 18:23

Yes @Tobstar106 it’s going to be a long weekend !

Tobstar106 · 06/03/2026 18:28

Pollyshat · 06/03/2026 18:23

Yes @Tobstar106 it’s going to be a long weekend !

@Pollyshat Do you think it will be on Monday and the school already know and weee told today 😃

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Xiaoxiong · 06/03/2026 18:31

It's always the last week of the Lent half - usually right at the end of the week (or it was for DS1 and DS2, anyway). I think they must send out all the first tranche offers and then immediately switch off their computers and go away for the easter holidays!!

Pollyshat · 06/03/2026 18:36

Tobstar106 · 06/03/2026 18:28

@Pollyshat Do you think it will be on Monday and the school already know and weee told today 😃

I am just hoping Monday but we know it will be Friday at the latest.

Tobstar106 · 06/03/2026 18:40

Pollyshat · 06/03/2026 18:36

I am just hoping Monday but we know it will be Friday at the latest.

@Pollyshat I would say Friday !

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Tobstar106 · 06/03/2026 19:16

Xiaoxiong · 06/03/2026 18:31

It's always the last week of the Lent half - usually right at the end of the week (or it was for DS1 and DS2, anyway). I think they must send out all the first tranche offers and then immediately switch off their computers and go away for the easter holidays!!

@Xiaoxiong thus is for the early tranche not the first tranche . Early tranche are the first to be told x

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Xiaoxiong · 07/03/2026 18:29

What is the difference between early tranche and first tranche?

Calculusa · 07/03/2026 20:22

Xiaoxiong · 07/03/2026 18:29

What is the difference between early tranche and first tranche?

I think early tranche is for bursary.
As I understood you have two boys, going to Eton. Could you please kindly give me some information about the extras at Eton? Like what kind of extras available? Roughly, how much you pay termly for extras and trip or any other activities? How children do their instruments practice every day for example are there enough piano for daily practice?
I heard that some children do online tutoring during the evening or weekend. Do children have enough time to do extra lessons?
How many sets are there for the lessons especially for science and maths? Is science strong at Eton?
If a child is above from a subject how they get support from the school?

Sorry for so many questions.

Tobstar106 · 07/03/2026 20:29

Calculusa · 07/03/2026 20:22

I think early tranche is for bursary.
As I understood you have two boys, going to Eton. Could you please kindly give me some information about the extras at Eton? Like what kind of extras available? Roughly, how much you pay termly for extras and trip or any other activities? How children do their instruments practice every day for example are there enough piano for daily practice?
I heard that some children do online tutoring during the evening or weekend. Do children have enough time to do extra lessons?
How many sets are there for the lessons especially for science and maths? Is science strong at Eton?
If a child is above from a subject how they get support from the school?

Sorry for so many questions.

@Calculusa Hi yes early 0 tranche is for 80% and above bursary

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Xiaoxiong · 07/03/2026 21:39

extras at Eton? Like what kind of extras available? - as many as the housemaster will allow, based on your son's timetable, his workload, and your willingness to pay.

Roughly, how much you pay termly for extras and trip or any other activities? - how long is a piece of string...you can pay for extra squash lessons at £35 a pop, extra music lessons, a trip to Japan for £5k...it's perfectly possible to pay little to no extras as well if that's what you decide. Trips are not mandatory.

How children do their instruments practice every day for example are there enough piano for daily practice? - there are tonnes of pianos, my DSs house has three available in-house but the music schools have lots too. Your DS has to have enough motivation and desire to practice without parental pressure to actually do it. It's not a spoon feeding hand holdy place for things like music practice. DS1 has an ME and how much he practices is his business - it's up to him to face his teachers and the rest of his ensembles if he hasn't practiced. If he makes a fool of himself by not practicing, that's on him.

I heard that some children do online tutoring during the evening or weekend. Do children have enough time to do extra lessons? - I don't know of anyone in DS1's block who has tutoring online during the evenings - there isn't any time anyway. Same for weekends in the half, there is far too much going on between ensembles, play rehearsals, sport, societies, house stuff, EW, etc. No idea what parents are doing on B weekends or leaves but from what I hear from DSs friends parents, none of them are being tutored then either, they're all sleeping, travelling, going to GB rowing camps, working at the pub, going to parties, or doing internships. I do think that if you have to be tutored during the half just to keep up, it's probably not the right school.

How many sets are there for the lessons especially for science and maths? Is science strong at Eton? - Not every subject is streamed. I think maths has 12 divisions but multiple divisions will be on a similar trajectory and they all do the same curriculum. I don't know how you define "strong", plenty of boys seem to go on to do STEM subjects at A-level and university and win all sorts of prizes and get papers published, we're always getting emails and social media posts about it, there are science prizes within the school, STEM professionals coming to speak to the boys in societies all the time...

If a child is above from a subject how they get support from the school? - I think you mean if they're falling behind in a subject? The division master will flag them to the housemaster, who will discuss with the boy what's needed - extra support from the div master, learning support for organisation or SEN, extra work or practice. However it's up to the boy to actually do the work or face the natural consequences. It does prepare them very well for having to work independently at university and beyond.

If you want the Eton result, you have to trust the process and buy into the Eton ethos which is very much an unashamedly big, busy, elite, full-boarding, academic environment where the boys are expected to manage themselves from day one without their parents steamrollering ahead of them. It definitely isn't for everyone - there's no shame in that, my DNephew wouldn't have coped, and went to another school and flourished there. But for boys who want to rise to the challenge, it's a brilliant environment where everything is possible and every resource is available to them.

Calculusa · 07/03/2026 22:57

Xiaoxiong · 07/03/2026 21:39

extras at Eton? Like what kind of extras available? - as many as the housemaster will allow, based on your son's timetable, his workload, and your willingness to pay.

Roughly, how much you pay termly for extras and trip or any other activities? - how long is a piece of string...you can pay for extra squash lessons at £35 a pop, extra music lessons, a trip to Japan for £5k...it's perfectly possible to pay little to no extras as well if that's what you decide. Trips are not mandatory.

How children do their instruments practice every day for example are there enough piano for daily practice? - there are tonnes of pianos, my DSs house has three available in-house but the music schools have lots too. Your DS has to have enough motivation and desire to practice without parental pressure to actually do it. It's not a spoon feeding hand holdy place for things like music practice. DS1 has an ME and how much he practices is his business - it's up to him to face his teachers and the rest of his ensembles if he hasn't practiced. If he makes a fool of himself by not practicing, that's on him.

I heard that some children do online tutoring during the evening or weekend. Do children have enough time to do extra lessons? - I don't know of anyone in DS1's block who has tutoring online during the evenings - there isn't any time anyway. Same for weekends in the half, there is far too much going on between ensembles, play rehearsals, sport, societies, house stuff, EW, etc. No idea what parents are doing on B weekends or leaves but from what I hear from DSs friends parents, none of them are being tutored then either, they're all sleeping, travelling, going to GB rowing camps, working at the pub, going to parties, or doing internships. I do think that if you have to be tutored during the half just to keep up, it's probably not the right school.

How many sets are there for the lessons especially for science and maths? Is science strong at Eton? - Not every subject is streamed. I think maths has 12 divisions but multiple divisions will be on a similar trajectory and they all do the same curriculum. I don't know how you define "strong", plenty of boys seem to go on to do STEM subjects at A-level and university and win all sorts of prizes and get papers published, we're always getting emails and social media posts about it, there are science prizes within the school, STEM professionals coming to speak to the boys in societies all the time...

If a child is above from a subject how they get support from the school? - I think you mean if they're falling behind in a subject? The division master will flag them to the housemaster, who will discuss with the boy what's needed - extra support from the div master, learning support for organisation or SEN, extra work or practice. However it's up to the boy to actually do the work or face the natural consequences. It does prepare them very well for having to work independently at university and beyond.

If you want the Eton result, you have to trust the process and buy into the Eton ethos which is very much an unashamedly big, busy, elite, full-boarding, academic environment where the boys are expected to manage themselves from day one without their parents steamrollering ahead of them. It definitely isn't for everyone - there's no shame in that, my DNephew wouldn't have coped, and went to another school and flourished there. But for boys who want to rise to the challenge, it's a brilliant environment where everything is possible and every resource is available to them.

Thank you very much for your time and kind reply.
With advance I meant doing above the curriculum for example in year 6 but doing year 10 or 11 work and already ready for GCSE for some subjects. What kind of support this children get if they do the year 9 curriculum for example when they start they will definitely get bored.

Is daily school life and academic study same at the scholar house?

Tobstar106 · 08/03/2026 06:47

Calculusa · 07/03/2026 22:57

Thank you very much for your time and kind reply.
With advance I meant doing above the curriculum for example in year 6 but doing year 10 or 11 work and already ready for GCSE for some subjects. What kind of support this children get if they do the year 9 curriculum for example when they start they will definitely get bored.

Is daily school life and academic study same at the scholar house?

@Calculusa that is what the Kings Scolarship is for !
if you are Doing GCSE work now you can sit the Kings scholarship and you will not be with the commoners you will be in college doing A level work .

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Calculusa · 08/03/2026 07:47

That is what I also think but I would like to get information from the current parents and understand what is actually happening and to what degree the children can get support to do further? For example if you have 12 sets for maths it means every sets have 20 pupils and doing do same work even if you are in the top sets?

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