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Helping with fees Financial support for your child’s education At Stafford Grammar School we believe that a broad, balanced and stimulating education offers children the best start in life. Inspirational teachers, small classes, a traditional curriculum and enthusiastic pupils encourage outstanding academic achievement. Almost all of our Sixth Form leavers move on to UK universities with the vast majority achieving a place on their first choice degree course or degree apprenticeship. Many parents decide that investing in their child’s education is a main priority and whilst we are confident that a Stafford Grammar School education provides good value, we recognise that school fees are a significant financial commitment. We therefore offer a range of financial help and support schemes: ● ● ● ● ● ● Means-tested Bursaries Scholarships Sibling discounts Free before and after school supervision Free Preparatory School Lunches Flexible payment schemes As a truly independent school, not part of a group or owned by another institution, any remission is funded by our parents, and therefore the amount of remission we have available to offer is limited. The maximum we are able to offer per year group is equivalent to two pupil’s fees, and the less we offer in remission the more we are able to invest in facilities, equipment and opportunities for our pupils. The maximum total award, whether scholarship, bursary, or combination of both is 50% of school fees. The Headmaster reserves the right to withdraw or reduce any bursary grant or scholarship award if the recipient no longer meets the criteria for eligibility or if school finances necessitate a reduction in grants and awards. All awards are at the Headmaster's discretion and must remain confidential. 4
Helping with fees Means-tested bursaries The maximum means-tested bursary grant is 50% of fees, this is also the maximum remission that can be offered in total or combination. The Governors of Stafford Grammar School are committed to broadening access to our school by offering means-tested financial support to eligible parents/guardians. Each year families benefit from this support, where otherwise they would have been prevented from sending their children to Stafford Grammar School because of financial circumstances. The need for bursaries will always outweigh the remission we have available to offer, and so in order to make a Stafford Grammar School education accessible to as many as possible, numerous smaller grants are generally allocated to allow as many families to benefit from fee reduction. Means-tested bursaries are offered based on family financial circumstances following the completion of an approved grant application form and subject to documentary evidence in support of the application. Bursaries are reviewed annually and more frequently if necessary due to changing family financial circumstances. The means-testing process takes into account all aspects of the family’s financial circumstances, including household income and reasonable expenses to assess the proportion of fees that they can afford. These bursaries are available for children at all ages attending at the Preparatory and Senior School; and Sixth Form. Exemplary standards of attendance and behaviour and satisfactory academic progress are required to maintain a bursary. The Headmaster reserves the right to withdraw any bursary if the recipient no longer meets the criteria for eligibility or if school finances necessitate a reduction in awards. 5
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