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3Make a difference, fund a bursary
Make a difference,
Social mobility remains one of the most important issues facing UK society today. COVID affected aspects of life in every corner of the globe and has highlighted the widening educational inequalities of children from less advantaged and more vulnerable backgrounds.
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An outstanding education has the power to transform lives and we believe that Worksop College should be accessible to families from all walks of life, regardless of their financial situation. We are at our greatest when we are a diverse school, with a healthy social mix and a breadth of talent, character and backgrounds.
Our ability to offer bursaries lies at the heart of this and our aim is to grow the bursary fund into a sustainable source of funding that will support a greater number of passionate and talented pupils on bursary places for years to come.
In particular, our aim is to increase the number of transformational bursaries we offer. Transformational bursaries provide up to 110% of fees to ensure that children can participate fully in school life - transforming individual life chances, building a movement of inspirational role models and extending the provision of bursary and outreach opportunities to more children and young people who face challenging circumstances. As part of this we have strengthened our existing relationship with the Royal Springboard Foundation, a social mobility charity who work across the UK’s boarding and independent schools’ sector to expand the number of fully funded bursary places to young people who most need them.
Our ambition is to fund one transformational bursary place each year.
Depending on whether a child is at Worksop College for just the Sixth Form or for a full seven years and whether they board or are a day pupil, transformational bursaries can cost between £36,000 and £200,000. We want you to be part of this vital programme to support more young people to benefit from the inspiring education at Worksop College.
Help us transform lives.
change a life,
18 DONORS AT £100 p/m for 1 year would provide a child with their first year of education on a fully funded bursary place. 30 DONORS AT £50 p/m for 7 years would provide one child with a full boarding education at Worksop College. 46 DONORS AT £50 p/m over 2 years would provide one fully funded place at Sixth Form.
fund a bursary.
“Without a bursary, I would not have gone to Worksop, and without Worksop, I would not have known Latin in anything other than passing. Without bursaries, many children could never access the kind of education that places like Worksop offer. Worksop is not an exam factory: I loved my time there because it gave importance to activities both in and out of the classroom. That I was incredibly lucky to have access to all of these just by turning up at school is an endorsement of bursaries to make schools like Worksop more accessible to all.”
Katy Lamkin SH 11-16 “Our ambition is to fund one transformational bursary place each year.”
If you would like to support the 125 Bursary Appeal, there are a number of ways you can give:
• One-off Gift – make a single donation • Regular Gift – set up a Standing
Order or Direct Debit • Legacy Giving – leave a gift in your Will • Corporate Giving – make a donation through your company.
