Scholarship Brochure

4 5 CLAYESMORE | SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS CLAYESMORE | SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS EXPECTATIONS Senior School scholarships are available for entry into Year 9 and Year 12. Students in Year 11 at Clayesmore may apply for a Sixth Form scholarship. We expect scholars to be enthusiastic contributors to school life, in their scholarship area particularly. Academic scholars will be expected to join in and lead in departmental specialist interest groups, maintain a reading list, and to participate in the Model United Nations. Music scholars will be members of the choir and of other ensembles and be conscientious in setting aside time for practice. Sports scholars will keep up their own physical fitness and participate in as many of the sports development group activities as they can. They will also be enthusiastic sports team members, keen to develop their skills. For non-academic scholarships, candidates should expect to attain at least a C grade standard across the board at Common Entrance. For candidates not taking Common Entrance, a useful guide will be the potential to achieve 8 passes at GCSE at the end of Year 11. Pupils may be entered for more than one scholarship or for an All-Rounder scholarship. FINANCE Clayesmore scholarships range in value from 5% up to 25% of the fee and this remission may be increased through a simultaneous bursary application. The bursary will be reviewed on a regular basis. Scholarship awards upto 75% are available in exceptional circumstances. Students awarded a music scholarship receive free musical tuition in their first two instruments. Academic, music, sports, drama and all-rounder scholarships are awarded once for the duration of the student’s time at Clayesmore. Awards in Art, DT, and in a specific sport continue for as long as the student takes the subject. All scholarship awards are reviewed annually and can be withdrawn if a student’s commitment, performance or behaviour falls short of what is expected of a scholar.