16-19 Bursary Fund
The Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School (CCGS) 16-19 Bursary Fund is designed to help and support students who face financial barriers to participation in their education, such as costs of travel to school, books, meals, equipment, UCAS applications, field trips, payments for meals from Sixth Form cafeteria (if not receiving FSM) and other course related costs.
There are 2 types of 16-19 bursary:
1. Vulnerable Bursary
This bursary award is £1,200 per academic year. It’s awarded to students who are:
- in care
- care leavers
- receive Income Support, or Universal Credit. because they are financially supporting themselves or financially supporting themselves and someone who is dependent on them and living with them, such as a child or partner
- receiving Disability Living Allowance DLA) or Personal Independence Payments (PIP) in their own right as well as Employment and Support Allowance or Universal Credit in their own right.
2. Discretionary Bursary
The discretionary bursary is available to CCGS students who are not eligible for the full vulnerable bursary. Please see the guidance notes , detailing the three types of discretionary bursaries available.
The school is given a sum for the bursary fund each year by the Department for Education (DfE. The amount of bursary awarded to each student will depend upon the sum given to the school and the total number of successful applicants.
Please click on the link below to access the online 16-19 bursary application form, bursary policy and guidance notes: