Bursary Information 

Link to Bursary Application Form

To apply, students must complete the online application form which will be available on Sixth Form websites. Sixth Form students can apply at any time, with an initial deadline of 30th September. Students are not required to reapply when moving from Year 12 into Year 13. However, students are required to sign a declaration at the start of Year 13 to confirm there has been no change to the household income/circumstances. 

Bursary payments cannot be paid into another person’s account, except in exceptional circumstances where a student is unable to administer their own account and if the student cannot manage their own funds.

Applications can take up to three weeks to process. Once the application has been approved, students must sign the Bursary Agreement before they can access bursary funds. All requests for items, or reimbursement through the bursary, will be completed via the provided to students.

Bursary applications should be received before the end of term 5. Applications received after this date can be awarded only at the discretion of the Director of Sixth Form. No claims can be made on the bursary after the 10th July in each academic year.

Students need to be aware that giving false or incomplete information that leads to incorrect/ over payment may result in future payments being stopped and any incorrectly paid funds being recovered.

All information given in the application process will remain confidential.

Who is eligible?
 

• Students who have been legally resident in the UK for at least three years.

• In addition, students who are:-

• Nationals of EU (or EEA) countries who are already living in the UK before UK exit from the EU. 

• Students who are citizens of British Dependent Territories. 

• Students whose passports have been endorsed to show they have right of abode in the UK.

• Students whose parents have been given leave to remain in the UK as per the DFE funding guidance. 

• Any students over 16 but under 19 on 31st August of the previous academic year will be eligible in the following academic year, for example if a student is this age on 31st August 2026 then they will be eligible for the academic year 2026/27.

 

Students who are aged 19 or over are only eligible to receive the discretionary bursary, if they are continuing on a study programme they began when they were aged 16-18, or have an education health care plan (EHCP).

Link to Bursary Application Form