Bursaries and scholarships

Harrow’s admissions policy focuses on bringing boys with a wide range of talents, abilities and backgrounds to the School. This is, in part, thanks to the School’s national and international reach, and a combination of scholarship awards for excellence in academic study, the arts or sport, and the provision of a range of means-tested bursaries.

In recent years, the Harrow Development Trust has focused on several bursary initiatives: The Foundation Awards Fund, the Peter Beckwith Scholarship Scheme, Sir John Beckwith Outstanding Talent Awards, Sherwood Awards and Kane Sixth Form Scholarships. Looking forward, we have plans to expand considerably the School’s bursary provision to accommodate a greater diversity of awards, including support for middle-income families.

CHURCHILL PLACES

In 2020, we are establishing Churchill Places, a new bursary scheme which will offer boys requiring financial assistance and who demonstrate ‘Churchillian’ characteristics; leadership, tenacity, determination, the opportunity of a Harrow education. The HDT aims to raise £10m for this exciting scheme by 2025, which will fund five Churchill Places per year. The identification of suitable candidates will be supported by the appointment of a new Access Officer.

FACTS AND FIGURES IN 2018-19

79 BOYS RECEIVED SUBSTANTIVE AWARDS OF 50% OR MORE

ALMOST 1 in 4 BOYS RECEIVED SOME FORM OF FEE REMISSION

£2.9m WAS SPENT ON SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARY PROVISION

DID YOU KNOW?

10 HARROW REMAINS A NATIONAL BOARDING SCHOOL WITH BOYS FROM ACROSS THE BRITISH ISLES

20% OF BOYS LIVE OVERSEAS WITH 35 DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES REPRESENTED IN THE SCHOOL

23% OF BOYS HAVE A HARROW FAMILY CONNECTION

Musa Ali (Moretons 2017 3 ) joined the Sixth Form in 2017 as a recipient of the Kane Family Award, which funds for a Sixth Form candidate from the London Borough of Harrow. In 2019, he led the 1st XI to a four-wicket victory at Lord’s. This award is just one of several named bursaries supported by individual donors to Harrow.

Getting a bursary to Harrow gave me opportunities that I could have hardly dreamt of a year before. The tight-knit community on the Hill allowed me to create lifelong bonds with both my peers and teachers alike. Travelling to Namibia for a conservation expedition gave me a whole new perspective on the world, encapsulating the ‘beyond the classroom’ mantra which makes spending time at Harrow enriching and enjoyable. Captaining a side to victory at Lord’s is something many international captains cannot claim and so I am extremely grateful to have been fortunate enough to have led my team through The Long Room for such a historic fixture. The image of both the team and coaching staff celebrating on the balcony is one that will be forever engrained in my memory. I am currently on my gap year and am looking forward to studying both Arabic and Turkish from scratch next year at Oxford. My time at Harrow has given me the skills and confidence to tackle and solve problems that I may face in the future, whatever they may be.” IMPACT REPORT 2019