• 1 September – Bursary form opens on website. Once you have completed and submitted the online form, you will receive an email with a link to access the bursary application portal. (Please see email advice below to help with making sure you do receive the email).
• 31 October – Closing date for all bursary applications.
• 1 November – If your bursary application is incomplete, it will be rejected at this stage. You will be notified by email and given the option to a go ahead with a full-fee application for your child or withdraw from the process.
• 4 to 8 November – Our Finance department will notify you by email if your bursary application does not meet our criteria. If this is the case for you, the option to either go ahead with a full-fee application for your child or withdraw from the process will be given to you. If you don’t hear from us, this means you meet our Bursary criteria, however the award of a bursary will be based on the performance of your child on the entrance exam day.
• 20 November – Entrance examination date for all bursary candidates.
• 2 December to 4 December – If your child has been shortlisted for a bursary based on their performance on the entrance exam day, our Finance department will request for you to upload your Bursary supporting documents. We will require copies of the following documentation:
  • Payslips for the last three months (September, October and November)
  • Bank statements
  • Mortgage/Rent statements
  • Benefits statements
  • Credit/debit card statements
  • Utility bills
  • Company accounts (if you own your own business)
• 4 to 15 December – Once you have uploaded your documents, Bursary Administration Ltd (BAL) will contact you to arrange an online appointment to discuss your bursary application. If, once an appointment is made, you cancel or do not attend the online appointment your bursary application will be cancelled, unless prior notice is given to BAL and a new appointment is made.
• 8 to 16 January – If you meet all the bursary criteria, an appointment will be made for the Director of Finance and a member of the Admissions team to visit potential bursary candidates and their parents at their home.
• 14 February – Offer letters are emailed and will include information if a bursary award is also being offered.
• 27 February – Final date for acceptance of all 13+ offers.
• 5 March – Final date for acceptance of all 11+ offers.

We strongly advise the following:

• Please save [email protected] and [email protected]  to your contacts to ensure that emails are received and not deposited in junk or spam without you seeing them.
• You do not use a work email address. The firewall generally prevents our email responses for account activation being permitted to enter your inbox. Please use a personal email address.
• You may have difficulties using a Yahoo email address. Emails to this email provider from us often get blocked or end up in spam or junk folders.