Bursary 16-19
The 16 – 19 Bursary Fund is intended for students who are in most need of financial support.
All students may apply for a bursary (non-discretionary and discretionary). Bursaries are intended for students who are in most need of financial student support and the eligibility criteria reflects this intention.
Both the non-discretionary and discretionary bursary are designed to support students in overcoming individual financial barriers to participation. No student will be automatically awarded a set amount of funding without an assessment of their level of financial need.
What does the bursary support?
The funds are intended to assist with expenditure that is directly related to school life including transport, study resources, meals while at school, course-related trips and university open days. The bursary is not able to support costs unrelated to education, such as living costs, mentoring or tutoring, counselling, or extra-curricular activities.
Harrogate Grammar School’s bursary policy is informed by the ESFA’s 16 to 19 Bursary Fund guide 2024 to 2025.
Bursary fund groups
The 16-19 Bursary Fund is targeted at two qualifying groups:
- Students that are in care; care leavers; in receipt of income support or Universal Credit in place of income support, in their own right; in receipt of Employment Support Allowance, Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payments, in their own right. These students may receive a bursary of up to £1,200 a year.
- Students with an adult household income of up to £25,000.
The value of the bursary awards to students in this group is dependent upon the number of students that apply
Who is eligible?
Eligible students must have the legal right to be resident in the United Kingdom at the start of their study programme. Students will be required to produce their passport, or other qualifying documentation as proof of eligibility.
A student must be aged 16 or over but under 19 on 31 August 2024 to be eligible for help from the bursary fund in the 2024 to 2025 academic year, except for the following exceptions:
- students aged 19 or over are eligible to receive a discretionary bursary if they are continuing on a study programme they began aged 16 to 18 (19+ continuers) or
- have an education, health, and care (EHC) plan
Who should apply?
Year 12 students who meet the eligibility criteria should apply and provide supporting documentation.
Year 13 students who meet the eligibility criteria and have not -previously received a bursary, should apply and provide supporting documentation.
Year 13 students who received a bursary in 2023-24, and whose household circumstances have not changed, should apply. This can be done by completing the self-declaration form. Parents / carers will not be required to re-submit supporting documentation.
Conditions of payment
All awards will be dependent on students adhering to the terms of our Sixth Form Learning
Agreement. It is our expectation that students attend all timetabled lessons, study periods, and registration, on time. Students should have no unauthorised absences.
If students do not meet the standards set by the Sixth Form in the Handbook and Learning Agreement, payments will not be paid for that half term.
Contact information
If at anytime during the Sixth Form you are suffering financial hardship, please speak to Mrs Reed or a member of the Sixth Form Team to discuss the possibility of applying for the 16-19 bursary, alternatively please click on the link below to access information regarding the bursary and the application form.
