Admissions : Scholarships and Bursaries

Scholarships:
Academic, Sport, Art and Music scholarships (for both Day Girls and Boarders) are based on talent and are awarded on entry to Year 7 and Year 12 (Lower Sixth). They are capped either individually - or as a combination - at 25% of standard tuition fees. Truro High School hopes to enable particularly talented girls in various fields to join the school and promote their talent further. Scholarships are noted on all applications to university. For more details please click on the appropriate link to the right.

Although specific scholarships are not offered to Year groups other than on entry to Years 7 and 12, we do offer a 13+ Boarding Scholarship to girls who plan to begin boarding in Year 9. They must display an all-round academic ability and a willingness to 'have a go'. Again, maximum fee remission is 25% against standard tuition fees.

Scholars are expected to show an engagement with their studies or talent over and above that of their peers and show considerable commitment to their relevant area of school life whether academic, music, sport or art. They will act as ambassadors for the School. Scholarships are reviewed annually.

Scholarships are not tenable against boarding fees and are not available to girls entering the Prep School but are available to those girls going into the Senior School from our own Prep 6.

Bursaries:
Bursaries are available for those in Years 7-13. They are means-tested and are available to girls who would cope with the academic demands of the school and who have been offered a place but whose families cannot afford full fees. The Bursary Application Form is assessed very carefully and the Bursar adheres very strictly to the guidelines laid down by the Independent Schools' Busars' Association. A recommendation is then made to the Headmistress on the amount of financial help the school can offer based on parental need and the level of funds available in School.

Bursaries are also available to current pupils whose family circumstances have drastically changed and the payment of fees has become extraordinarily difficult.

Bursaries are reviewed annually.

Joint Scholarships/Bursaries:
Scholarships can be supplemented by a means-tested Bursary up to (ordinarily) a maximum 50% tuition fee remission. Joint scholarships/bursaries are reviewed annually.

General:
Whilst we appreciate that the payment of school fees is a significant financial commitment and that parents often make sacrifices to allow their daughters to attend the school, we have to consider the full payment of fees as the 'norm'. Whilst we will always try to help families via the scholarship and bursary scheme there is only so much in the 'kitty' and we must be fair to all parents who seek the best for their daughters. Unfortunately we do not have any endowment funds and all financial help comes from general fee income.