Bursaries

Foundationers

Please note that new bursary applications are currently not being accepted.

Boarding

The Trustees of the school offer each year a limited number of Foundationer boarder places to applicants who have a demonstrable need for boarding.

The main criterion is a lack of parental care where no other suitable care is available. This situation can arise through:

• One or both parents are deceased.
• Parents/carers who, due to their chronic mental or physical ill health, can no longer meet the daily needs of a child.
• Disability of a sibling of sufficient severity to affect the care and normal development of other children within the family.
• Abandonment or abuse of a child.
• Long standing domestic violence in the family.

When making a decision about whether to offer a bursary, Trustees will need to be satisfied that home circumstances are such that the child would not thrive if he/she attended a local day school.

Applying for a Boarding Foundationer Place

• The selection process for Foundationers is different from the standard admissions process.
• All bursary applications are means tested and applicants must complete a detailed financial questionnaire and submit supporting documentation.
• Admission is usually into Year 3 and Year 7, though applications for other year groups may be considered under exceptional circumstances.

In the first instance, please contact Ellie Bailey, Bursary Manager, for more information: elliebailey@gatton-park.org.uk 

Please note the following items:

Applications for such places should make it clear at the outset that they are for Foundationer places and not for general admissions.

Please note that financial assistance will not be considered after an application for a place at the school has been made, or where a child has joined the school as a student before the financial assistance application is made.

Please note that new bursary applications are currently not being accepted.

Flexi Boarding

A limited number of means-tested bursaries are available for applicants for a Year 7 place for Flexi Boarding who have a demonstrable need for Flexi Boarding.

Applications for Flexi Boarding bursaries will be considered where the pupil lives near the school and is applying to join at the start of Year 7. The main criterion is a lack of parental care where no other suitable care is available before and after school. This situation can arise through:

• Parents/carers who can no longer meet the daily needs of a child due to a  bereavement, or the chronic mental or physical ill health of a parent/carer.
• Disability of a sibling of sufficient severity to affect the care and normal development of other children within the family.

Applying for a Flexi Boarding Foundationer Place

• The selection process for Foundationers is different from the standard admissions process.
• All bursary applications are means tested and applicants must complete a detailed financial questionnaire and submit supporting documentation.
• Admission is usually into Year 3 and Year 7, though applications for other year groups may be considered under exceptional circumstances.

In the first instance, please contact Ellie Bailey, Bursary Manager, for more information: elliebailey@gatton-park.org.uk 

Please note the following items:

Applications for such places should make it clear at the outset that they are for Foundationer places and not for general admissions.

Please note that financial assistance will not be considered after an application for a place at the school has been made, or where a child has joined the school as a student before the financial assistance application is made.

Learn more about our Charitable Foundation here.