Bursaries and Scholarships
Bursaries & Scholarships
The Governors of The Queen’s School are committed to broadening access to education at the school by offering to eligible parents means-tested financial support for the payment of school fees for as many pupils as possible who meet The Queen’s School’s entry criteria. Such support is known as a bursary. Bursaries may be awarded in the form of a discount on tuition fees in cases of proven need, depending on the individual circumstances of the prospective pupil and each of her parents.
Awards are made based on the confidential School’s scale of awards which sets out award levels in relation to the child’s and each parent’s financial circumstances, as amended from time to time. The scale of awards is reviewed and revised annually by the School. Though awards are generally linked to this scale, they may be varied upwards or downwards depending on the child’s and each parent’s financial circumstances (e.g. their savings, investments and realisable assets as well as their income, the size of their family, any other persons dependent upon them and other factors). Once awarded, the amount of the bursary will be reviewed annually and its value each year will depend upon parental income, family circumstances and funding available.
Due to limited resources of the School’s Bursary Fund, not every eligible application for a bursary will be successful.
There are two categories of bursaries:
Entry Bursaries
Bursaries will normally be provided when girls enter the School at Year 7 or Year 12. These are known as entry bursaries and will be offered to parents who are unable to provide the tuition fees. These can be renewed each academic year, subject to need.
Hardship Bursaries
Subject to the budgetary constraints for the bursary scheme, the School will also provide means-tested assistance with fees for cases of sudden, unforeseen need experienced by families of existing pupils in the Senior School. These are known as hardship bursaries and generally apply for a short time period only.
Parents who wish to apply for a bursary for the 2026/27 academic year will need to complete a bursary application form, the link for which is available from Admissions, on or before 30 November 2025 which is the closing deadline for all bursary submissions. The information provided to the School will also be reviewed and assessed by our external partner, Bursary Assessment Associates, whose process will in most cases involve a home visit and financial review to ensure that information submitted has been correctly interpreted and that the basis of the assessment is fair.
For further information, please contact:
Director of Finance, The Queen’s School, City Walls Road, Chester, CH1 2NN
Tel: (01244) 312078
Email secretary@thequeensschool.co.uk
There are several scholarships available in areas including sport, music, art, as well as academic ones such as Queen’s Scholar and The Headmistress’s Award for Academic Excellence. Each Scholarship signifies excellence in the area to which it relates and should be a source of great pride to the holder. Each Scholarship is essentially an honorary award but does also carry a small financial award, which is credited to the pupil’s account in the term in which it is awarded.
Queen’s Scholars: There are a number of Queen’s Scholarship awards available each year to girls joining the Senior School at Year 7, and these are offered to girls of outstanding academic distinction, based on the results of the entrance examination. The Scholarship carries with it the title of “Queen’s Scholar” which a girl is entitled to use, for example, in her application to the university, to give further evidence of her high ability level. The names of all recipients are published in The Times. This Scholarship attracts a financial award of £250.
Amanda Latham Arts Scholarship: This Scholarship is awarded in Year 12 to a pupil who is taking Pre-U Art, for outstanding ability in Art. This Scholarship carries a financial award of £500.
Headmistress’ award for Academic Excellence: A number of scholarships are awarded each year to students on entry into Queen’s Sixth Form (Year 12), for academic excellence. Each Scholarship will receive an award worth up to £1000 and is awarded on the basis of GCSE examination results.