A Sixth Form Academic Scholarship with up to 50% fee remission
Queenswood is offering up to 50% remission in fees to successful candidates for a special Sixth Form Academic Award.
Who can apply?
This opportunity is open to all current Year 11 Queenswood students, as well as to external candidates resident in the UK. Existing Year 11 Academic Scholars can apply and go through the selection process.
Over what period does the fee remission apply?
The day fee reduction is applicable for the two years of the Sixth Form course, on the condition that academic standards are maintained.
What is the selection process?
Applicants will complete an application form and submit a letter outlining their academic credentials and why they believe they should be awarded the Academic Award fee reduction. They will then be interviewed and will sit exams.
How many fee reduction awards will be available?
We do not have a set number of awards. The number will be determined by the calibre of applicants.
My daughter is already an Academic Scholar; why can’t she just be awarded the fee reduction?
This opportunity is open to all Year 11 girls. The aim is to identify and reward those girls with outstanding academic ability.
Does my daughter have to already be an Academic Scholar to apply?
No, this opportunity is open to all Year 11 students.
If my daughter isn’t already an Academic Scholar and she is successful in receiving this Academic Award, will she automatically become a Scholar?
Yes, she will become a Scholar and will join the Scholars’ programme.
My daughter is an international pupil, can she apply?
Yes, she can apply. This opportunity is open to all current Year 11 Queenswood pupils.
Will the Scholarship programme be different for the pupils who will be awarded the fee reduction?
No, the Scholarship programme will be essentially the same for all Scholars. Our expectation is that those pupils who have been identified by this process as having exceptionally high academic ability, will perform to an even higher standard than their Academic Scholar peers.
What does the Academic Scholarship programme offer?
The programme is built around a termly cycle of university-style seminars. Members of the academic staff set stimulus material on a topic related to, but not covered by, the school’s schemes of work, and scholars come together at the end of each unit to discuss their findings and defend their opinions.
In addition, scholars have available to them a vast array of subject-specific extension courses and other enrichment courses set by teaching staff for self-study. They meet regularly with their staff mentor to discuss aspirations and opportunities. They are actively encouraged to enter external competitions set by universities and learned societies.
Our Sixth Form Academic Scholarship programme gives the academically gifted a sense of identity, pride and additional purpose as they reach towards ever higher levels of achievement.
Successful candidates for the Sixth Form Academic Award will demonstrate insatiable intellectual curiosity, both in their particular fields of interest and in the wider world. They will have demonstrated the potential to achieve the highest grades, and will be aspiring to study at the most prestigious higher education institutions.
What is the application process?
To apply for a Sixth Form Academic Award, applicants should complete the application form at the bottom of this page.
Assessment procedure
All candidates will sit two 45-minute papers:
- Verbal reasoning
- A non-subject specific essay question (from a choice of three questions)
In addition, external candidates will sit 45-minute examinations in the four subjects they intend to study at A level. There will also be an interview with the Principal and a Governor.
What is the deadline for applications?
The deadline for applications is Friday 27 October 2023.
When will the tests take place?
The tests will take place on Monday 13 November 2023.
When will the interview take place?
Tuesday 5 December 2023.
Where will the tests and the interview take place?
The tests and the interview will take place at Queenswood.
When will the results be available?
Parents will receive the results by Friday 8 December 2023.
The deadline for applications has now passed.