Scholarships and Bursaries - St Andrew's College

Scholarships and Bursaries
Academic Scholarships
Requests for applications should be made to the
Registrar’s office by the end of April.
Preparatory School: Year 7
Half tuition fees. Up to two awarded, for two years, after
examination and interview.
Middle School: Year 9
Half tuition fees for five years. Up to five may be
awarded, after examination and interview.
E.N.T. Reese Memorial
Up to $1000 is awarded to the St Andrew’s student with
the top academic performance in Year 12, provided he or
she is returning to the College for Year 13. No application
is required.
Music Scholarships
Requests for applications should be made to the
Registrar’s office by the end of April.
Preparatory School: Year 7
Half tuition fees for two years. One scholarship is
awarded each year, by audition.
Middle School: Year 9
Tuition fee reduction (usually 50%) for five years. Up to
four awarded each year, by audition. Instrumental tuition
costs may be offered to top candidates.
Pipe Band: Year 9
Up to half tuition fees reviewed year-by-year for up
to five years, for pipers and drummers. Up to two
scholarships awarded, by audition and interview.
Sir Ben Dickinson Music
Up to $500 is awarded annually to the most promising
St Andrew’s student in Year 12 or 13, to be used for
instrument purchase or private music tuition. No
application is required.
Bursaries
Applications should be made to the Financial Accountant
by 30 September.
Rattray Memorial
Up to $600 is awarded each year to a current student
who deserves financial assistance.
Richard Adair Memorial
Up to $400 is awarded each year to a current student
who deserves financial assistance.
Duncan Rutherford Memorial
Up to $600 is awarded to assist a current student to
return for Year 13.
Old Collegians Association
Awards and Bursaries
Henry Dowling Memorial French Award
$1500 is awarded to the top Year 12 student who is
returning for Year 13 French. No application is required.
GAM Hilson Piping and Drumming
Piping or drumming tuition fees for one year are
awarded to the most promising piper and promising
drummer. Apply to the Old Collegians Secretary by 30
September.
GAM Hilson Accounting / Economics Memorial Award
$1500 will be awarded to a Year 12 student at the
beginning of Year 13 who intends to study Economics
or Accounting at university the following year.
No application is required.
Old Collegians Fees Assistance
Funds are available each year to partially assist the sons
or daughters of Old Collegians, primarily to continue
their time at the College. Apply to the Old Collegians
Secretary by 30 September.
Sports / Cultural Scholarships: Years 12 or 13
Applications should be received at the Rector’s office by 31
July. Academic tuition fee reductions are available to students
of outstanding ability in sporting or cultural areas, supported
by sound academic progress. These awards are offered to
senior students entering the College at Year 12 or 13.
For further information please contact:
Margot de Spa
Personal Assistant to the Rector
St Andrew’s College
347 Papanui Road
Christchurch 8052
Tel: 03 940 2002
Email: mde@stac.school.nz
All scholarships are reviewed annually. Scholarship holders will have their conduct and
their co-curricular and academic contributions to the College taken into consideration.

Scholarships and Bursaries
Government Bursaries
School Boarding Bursary
A school boarding bursary is awarded to primary or
secondary school students who are obliged to board
away from home in order to receive their education. In
order to qualify, the student must live more than 4.8km
(3.2km for children under the age of 10) away from the
nearest point of embarkation provided by a transport
service to a state school. Most of our successful
applicants qualify under this condition, but others may
be eligible through one of the following: a specified
illness or physical disability; parents working overseas
for the New Zealand Government; those requiring a
special education. This bursary is valued at $2725 per
annum.
Travel Assistance
Pupils receiving a government boarding bursary are also
eligible for travel assistance. The cost of travel at the
beginning and end of each term, in excess of $10, will be
refunded. The amount is based on public transport fares
where such transport is available.
Secondary School Bursaries
Senior College students who wish to study a course not
offered by local high schools and who are obliged to
live away from home, may receive a bursary of $2725
per annum. Where students are pursuing a course
containing subjects at both Year 12 and 13 levels, a
secondary bursary will be awarded only if the student
is taking at least four subjects at one level - i.e. four
nationally-approved National Certificate of Educational
Achievement (NCEA) Level 1, 2 or 3 subjects. Note: in
recent years the Ministry has only approved applications
where students are taking at least two subjects not
available at the local school.
Technical Bursaries
These bursaries of $2725 per annum are awarded to
students in Years 10 and 11 who must live away from
home in order to take a course containing an agriculture
subject or workshop subject not available at their local
school.
Details about all government bursaries are available from Alister Newton, Head of Operations. Application forms will
be issued to students in February and must be returned to Alister Newton by Friday 15 March 2013.
The Aspire Scholarship: The Government offers financial support to low income families towards the costs of private
secondary schooling. The 2013 closing date is 26 April 2013 – visit www.minedu.govt.nz
Students who are already being generously supported
by a scholarship or bursary may not be eligible for
additional support.
Application forms and further information regarding
all scholarships will be posted to you after contacting:
Julie Raateland, Registrar
St Andrew’s College
347 Papanui Road
Strowan
Christchurch 8052
Tel: 03 940 2016
Email: jwa@stac.school.nz
www.stac.school.nz