Year 7 Scholarship Application Form

Applying for a St Mary’s Year 7 Scholarship

Complete the Registration Form and pay the Registration Fee
Complete the Scholarship Application form by the deadline
When applying for the Games Scholarship, applicants may wish to include a reference from their school and/or club coaches. Please use this template.
Attend the Scholarship Assessment Day, bringing any requested information or evidence

Please note that Scholarship applications for Year 7 September 2025 entry open on 1 September 2024. The Scholarship application deadline for Year 7 September 2025 entry is Sunday 3 November 2024.

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To apply for a St Mary's Year 7 Scholarship, please complete and submit the online form below.

Academic Scholarships awarded on the basis of the Year 7 entrance assessment and All-round (Miss Comrie) Scholarships cannot be applied for. All-round Scholarships are awarded on the basis of interviews.

Child's name *

First

Last

Proposed year of entry *

Email *

Supporting Information (please complete only the sections which apply)

Scholarship(s) for which you wish to apply *

Academic - STEM
Arts - Art
Arts - Drama
Arts - Music
Sports - Games
Sports - Sports Excellence

Using the supporting documents field below, please submit a PowerPoint presentation including information to help the panel better understand the project and the applicant's technical understanding of it. The presentation must be no longer than eight slides long and should include details of what the STEM project and the candidate set out to achieve, information in the form of pictures, graphics and text that helps to explain the project to the panel, images of the project, showing its progression and information in the form of pictures, graphics and text that demonstrate the candidate's wider interests in STEM.

ART SCHOLARSHIP

Please give brief details of your child's achievements in Art. Please could your daughter bring with her to the scholarship interview her portfolio showing the range and quality of her artwork.

DRAMA SCHOLARSHIP

Please give brief details of your child's achievements in Drama. Please could your daughter bring with her to the scholarship interview her portfolio showing the range and quality of her experience in Drama, including any relevant certificates.

MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP

Please give brief details of your child's attainment in Music. Please could your daughter bring with her to the scholarship interview her most recent Music examination certificates and any other evidence of achievement.

Instrument 1 / voice

Grade and date achieved

Instrument 2 / voice

Grade and date achieved

Further instruments with grades and dates achieved

GAMES SCHOLARSHIP

Please give brief details of your child's attainment in team sports.

Further sports and levels of attainment

What is your main sport?

Do you compete for a team in this sport?

Yes, in the school team
Yes, in a team team outside school
No

How many times a week do you play this sport including training?

What is the highest level you have competed? (e.g. school club, district, county?)

Do you compete in any other sports in school? (please list)

Do you compete for any other sports teams outside of school? (please list)

Sports Excellence

Please give brief details of your child's outstanding achievement in Sport.

Supporting documents

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Alternatively, please send any supporting documents by post for the attention of our Registrar

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Mrs Justine Tierney

01206 594256

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