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Scholarships & bursaries
Most schools list their scholarships as honour and prestige. The money behind them varies wildly. Here's the distribution per category — so you know whether a sport scholarship at the school you're visiting typically means £2k or £25k off the bill.
1000 scholarships tracked298 schools10 categories
Award percentage by category
Box shows the 25th–75th percentile of published award percentages; the line in the middle is the median; the dot is the maximum we've recorded. Categories without published percentages (means-tested, all-rounder) are excluded from the boxes but still listed below.
Academic
23–88%median 50%, max 100%
Music
10–28%median 10%, max 50%
Sport
10–30%median 18%, max 50%
Means Tested
100–100%median 100%
Art
10–30%median 25%, max 50%
Drama
10–30%median 20%, max 50%
Other
30–100%median 90%, max 110%
All Rounder
16–100%median 60%
Dt
20–40%median 30%, max 50%
Technology
3 schools (no published %)
0%25%50%75%100%
Sort by298 schools
- Bishop's Stortford CollegeHertfordshireCo EdAll Throughup to 110%9 awardsAcademicArtMusicOtherSport
- CharterhouseSurreyCo Edup to 100%20 awardsAcademicArtDramaDtMusicOtherSportNext deadline 2 Oct 2026
- Bancroft's SchoolRedbridgeBoysAll Throughup to 100%16 awardsAcademicArtDramaDtMusicOtherSport
- Abingdon SchoolOxfordshireCo EdAll Throughup to 100%13 awardsAcademicAll RounderArtDramaDtMusicOtherSport
- Benenden SchoolKentGirlsSeniorup to 100%13 awardsAcademicAll RounderArtDtMusicOther
- Colfe's SchoolGreenwichCo EdAll Throughup to 100%11 awardsAcademicDramaMusicOtherSport
- Ardingly CollegeWest SussexCo EdAll Throughup to 100%10 awardsAcademicArtDramaDtMusicOtherSport
- Brighton CollegeBrighton and HoveCo EdAll Throughup to 100%9 awardsAcademicArtDtMusicOtherSport
- Eton CollegeWindsor and MaidenheadBoysSeniorup to 100%8 awardsAcademicDramaMusic
- Highgate SchoolHaringeyGirlsAll Throughup to 100%5 awardsMeans TestedMusicOther
- Fulham PrepHammersmith and FulhamCo EdPre Prepup to 100%4 awardsAcademicArtSport
- Chepstow House SchoolKensington and ChelseaCo EdNurseryup to 100%4 awardsAcademicAll RounderOther
- South Hampstead High SchoolCamdenGirlsAll Throughup to 100%4 awardsAcademicArtMeans TestedSport
- Wetherby Preparatory SchoolWestminsterBoysPrepup to 100%3 awardsAcademicMeans Tested
- Ivy House SchoolBarnetCo EdAll Throughup to 100%2 awardsAcademic
- Faraday SchoolTower HamletsCo EdPrepup to 100%1 awardOther
- Highgate Junior SchoolHaringeyCo EdPrepup to 100%1 awardAcademic
- Blackheath High School GDSTGreenwichGirlsup to 50%21 awardsAcademicArtDramaMusicOtherSport
- Aldenham SchoolHertfordshireCo EdAll Throughup to 50%13 awardsAcademicAll RounderArtDramaDtMusicOtherSport
- Sutton High School GDSTSuttonGirlsAll Throughup to 50%9 awardsAcademicArtDramaDtMusicSportNext deadline 1 Oct 2026
- Blackheath High Junior SchoolLewishamGirlsSeniorup to 50%9 awardsAcademicArtDramaMusicSportTechnology
- David Game CollegeCity of LondonCo EdSixth Formup to 50%8 awardsAcademicOther
- Whitgift SchoolCroydonBoysSeniorup to 50%7 awardsAcademicArtDramaDtMusicSport
- Elmhurst SchoolCroydonCo EdPrepup to 50%4 awardsAcademicSport
- Trinity SchoolCroydonBoysSeniorup to 50%4 awardsAcademicArtMusic
- Dulwich Prep & SeniorSouthwarkBoysPrepup to 50%4 awardsAcademicMusicSport
- Caterham SchoolSurreyCo EdAll Throughup to 50%3 awardsAcademicArtMusic
- Eaton Square Prep SchoolWestminsterCo EdPrepup to 50%2 awardsAcademic
- Colfe's Junior SchoolLewishamCo EdPrepup to 50%1 awardAcademic
- Bales CollegeKensington and ChelseaCo EdSeniorup to 50%1 awardAcademic
How to read this
- Distribution — the box for each category shows the 25th, 50th and 75th percentile of published award percentages. Many schools advertise scholarships as “honorary” with no fee remission; those don't carry a percentage and aren't in the boxes.
- Means-tested vs competitive — most fee remission at the top schools is bursary, not scholarship. Scholarships rarely exceed 50% by policy. Eton's 100% is a bursary masquerading by name.
- Deadlines catch most parents out — many fall in the autumn before the entry year. Where we have a date, the row shows it.