7+ Bursaries
Candidates in Year 2 at state primary schools are encouraged to apply for a 7+ Bursary. The Trustees can award up to three places for children to join the school in Year 3 with a September start date:
- Girls are considered for Eaton House Girls’ School, Clapham. Girls remain at the school until Year 6.
- Boys are considered for Eaton House the Manor Pre-Prep, Clapham, who would then move up to the Prep School. Boys remain at the school until the end of Year 8.
The bursaries are valid for the whole of the child’s time at school, as long as the family continues to meet the financial criteria associated with the bursary scheme. As a guide, a 100% bursary is most likely to be awarded to a family with a total household income of £42,500 or less, whose only major asset is their home.
A bursary is worth 100% of school fees, which include lunches, stationery and day trips. Residential trips are also included, as is support for uniform and equipment costs.
Eligibility and Application Criteria
To be eligible for an award, parents and children must be legally resident in the United Kingdom for the duration of the award and live within 10 miles (as the crow flies) of the School. Awards are made against the following criteria.
Children are selected based on academic merit and financial need at 7+. Following application, children will be invited to an assessment day at Eaton House Clapham and asked to sit tests and have an interview with the Head of the Girls or Boys school they are applying to.
The child’s performance at assessment day:
- Positive reference from their current primary school
- Positive performance in interview with the Head of the school they are applying to
- Strong performance in 7+ examinations
- Maths examination
- English examination
- Standardised cognitive ability assessment
- Attention will be given to the academic assessment results of each applicant, with consideration given to potential as well as actual achievement. The pupil must be deemed by the Head to be likely to make sound academic progress following admission and benefit from participation in the wider life of the school
The family’s financial and other circumstances:
- Meeting the financial criteria associated with the bursary scheme
- Other mitigating factors may also be considered, including individual family and individual health circumstances
An award is granted at the sole discretion of the Foundation. The Foundation’s decision is final.
THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY 7th FEBRUARY 2025.
EARLY APPLICATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED.
The Foundation’s Grant Award Policy including the terms and conditions associated with a bursary is available here.
The Application Process
STEP 1: Applicants should contact the Head of Admissions, Miss Sam Feilding, on EHFoundationApplications@eatonhouseschools.com or 020 3917 5050. The registration fee will be waived for bursary applicants. Registration should be completed by the dates published on the Foundation website. If you have any queries about registration please don’t hesitate to contact the school. The admissions team will be pleased to guide you through the bursary application procedure.
STEP 2: Applicants will be invited to school for academic assessments and an interview with the Head. References will be sought from the applicant’s current school. The whole process will be sympathetic and, we hope, fun!
STEP 3: The interviewing Head prepares a recommendation on the suitability of the applicant and their likelihood to thrive at the school. The parents of those applicants
who are successful at the academic assessments will be asked to proceed through financial checks.
STEP 4: Parents will be asked to complete a detailed 7+ Bursary Form for the current and previous tax years. Forms and supporting documents must be returned by the
date specified. Delayed 7+ Bursary applications cannot be processed.
STEP 5: The Foundation and School, together with a thirdparty specialist company using benchmarking criteria, will assess all financial applications. This may involve the Bursar, their representative and/or a 3rd party specialist company, visiting the families at home to ensure the information has been correctly interpreted and the basis of the financial assessment has been fair. Unfortunately, families who do not make themselves available for a home visit will not be able to proceed with their 7+ Bursary application.
STEP 6: Successful applicants are offered a place at the school and are informed of the extent of any 7+ bursary award.
STEP 7: The eligible parent(s) completing the bursary application sign(s) to confirm that they have read and understood the terms and conditions relating to a 7+ bursary award and that they accept the bursary offer.
OUR GRANT AWARD POLICY IN SUMMARY
As an independent registered charity, no 1195196, the Eaton House Foundation is committed to ensuring bursaries are awarded to children on the basis they can be supported throughout their time at the School. Children are selected based on academic merit and financial need at 7+.
The pupil must be deemed by the Head to be likely to make sound academic progress following admission and benefit from participation in the wider life of the school. Some consideration will be given to the fact that bursary pupils are likely to require funding throughout their secondary school career, therefore a child’s likelihood to be successful in winning an award at 11+ or 13+ may be a factor.
The financial means of the family will be assessed annually or such other period as the Trustees may decide in their sole discretion.
The Foundation will exercise its sole discretion in awarding a 7+ Bursary. The Foundations decision is final. The Foundation receives more applications than there are bursaries available. As a result not every eligible application for a 7+ Bursary will be successful, even where criteria have been met.
To read the Foundation’s Grant Award Policy in full, including the terms and conditions associated with a bursary – click here.
