Recognising academic and sporting excellence.
Our Scholarship programme aims to encourage the promotion of academic, sport and art excellence at St Clare’s.
Award type and year group:
Year 7 Academic & Sport Scholarships Application deadline for 2025 entry is Friday, 11th October 2024.
Year 12 Academic, Sport & Art Scholarships: (Please note that the application deadline for 2024 entry is Friday, 29th November 2024).
Scholarship Criteria:
Academic Scholarship Criteria:
To be eligible to apply for a Year 7 Academic Scholarship, all candidates must be performing at the following levels or equivalent:
Year 7:
Standardised score of 130+ in at least 30% of standardised tests sat between June June 2022 and June 2024; and
Be in the top sets for all subjects and regularly in the top 5% of the highest performing pupils in their year group.
Year 12:
Predicted a minimum of an A* (Grade 8) average at GCSE.
Sports Scholarship Criteria:
Years 7 and 12:
In respect of applications for a Sports Scholarship, if the sport is a mainstream sport played at St Clare’s, candidates should be playing at least at approximately district level (if applicable).
If the chosen sport is not currently a mainstream sport at the school, applicants must be performing at approximately national level to be considered.
Sports scholarships serve as both an acknowledgement of achievement and a modest financial award, typically amounting to 5% of school fees.