SERVICE PARENTS' GUIDE TO BOARDING SCHOOLS • SPRING 2022 / PAYING THE FEES / 153
Schools offering special awards for children of personnel serving in the Armed Forces The ISBI website (www.isbi.com) lists about 200 schools offering grants and awards for children of families in the Armed Forces. This list has been compiled from the Independent Schools Yearbook and from information provided by schools. For full information, contact the schools direct, particularly for information on their definition of ‘generous’, and how discounts and percentages are applied to fees – there is no common interpretation. Abberley Hall – Service bursaries available Abbotsholme School – HM Forces bursaries available Adcote School, Shropshire – bursaries are available for children from Armed Services families Appleford School – MoD pays SENA
Bishop’s Stortford College (and Prep School) –financial support is available to children of serving members of the Armed Forces Bloxham School – generous support is offered to children of Armed Forces parents Blundell’s School – awards available to the sons and daughters of serving members of the Armed Forces Box Hill School – 20% discount to sons and daughters of Armed Forces personnel; when used in conjunction with the CEA, the member of the Armed Forces will only have to pay the 10% contribution on the discounted fee Brambletye School – offers generous discounts of 15% for children of those in the Armed Services Bredon School – offers a 10% discount on fees for service families
Ashford School – discounts are offered from the boarding fees of children of forces personnel
Bromsgrove School and Preparatory School – generous Armed Forces bursaries are available, 20% discount Years 9–13
Ashville College – Armed Forces boarding allowance
Bruton School for Girls – 10% discount to full boarders with a parent serving in HM Forces
Aysgarth School – Armed Forces discounts
Barnard Castle – Service bursaries awarded
Buckswood School, East Sussex – international school offering boarding and day pupil placements; Service bursaries available for all Armed Forces families; scholarship opportunities based on individual child; ages 11–18
Bearwood College – special fees package available for HM Forces
Burgess Hill Girls – offers very generous financial awards for Armed Services families
Beeston Hall School – offers very generous financial awards to Armed Services families as well as scholarships and bursaries
Cambridge Arts & Sciences – HM Forces families receive a 10% discount on parental contribution to fees
Bedford School – means-tested Access Award & Scholarship system offered in recognition of academic, music or sporting potential to talented boys, irrespective of background
Canford School – Canford offers a 10% fee remission for children of current serving families applying for a boarding place. Scholarships and means tested bursary awards may be offered in addition to this subject to individual financial circumstances. Please visit www.canford.com/ prospective-parents/admissions/hm-forcesfamilies for more information.
Badminton School, Bristol – 20% discounts for children of Service personnel
Bedstone College – Forces discounts available Bethany School – members of HM Forces receive a 10% discount on the published fees Bilton Grange Preparatory School – generous fee remissions offered to the children of HM Forces personnel
Cargilfield School, Edinburgh – fee concessions for children of members of the Armed Forces Casterton School – offers very generous financial awards for Armed Services families
Caterham School – bursaries for the sons and daughters of Armed Forces personnel Chafyn Grove School – 10% discount for all new day children of Armed Forces parents Cheltenham College – generous Forces discounts available Christ’s College Brecon – 10% bursaries are available for sons and daughters of personnel serving in the Armed Forces Clayesmore School – generous Forces bursaries and fee remissions; full range of academic, music, sports, art, design technology, all-rounder and sixth-form scholarships available Clifton College – Birdwood Award for sons and daughters of serving members of HM Forces awarded on the results of the entrance scholarship exam; 20% discounts for Service families Cobham Hall – 20% fee discount for Service families Cranleigh School – additional consideration may be given to sons or daughters of members of the Armed Forces Culford School – Forces allowance available to parents who are serving members of the Armed Forces Dean Close Cheltenham Senior, Preparatory and Pre-preparatory School – offer a 20% discount to the children of Armed Forces personnel, plus bursaries where circumstances allow; sibling discounts are also available Dean Close St Johns – offers a 20% discount to the children of Armed Forces personnel; when used in conjunction with the CEA, the member of the Armed Forces will only have to pay a 10% contribution on the boarding fee Denstone College – bursaries available for the sons and daughters of Armed Forces Dover College – Service bursaries are automatically awarded; members of HM Armed Forces who are eligible for the CEA allowance pay a parental contribution of 10% of the full boarding fee Duke of Kent School, Ewhurst – special discounts are available for Armed Service boarders to supplement the CEA
