Bursaries
Bursaries
Our Bursary Awards either completely or partially cover a pupil’s school fees. For the 2025-26 academic year, subject to your capital assets, if your gross family income is below £46,000 you may qualify for a full Bursary Award, covering 100% of fees. Between £46,000 and £92,000, a sliding scale operates for partial Bursary Awards. This scale is subject to annual review.
Thanks to a generous gift from the Frank Misselbrook Foundation, from the 2025-2026 academic year onwards, new 100% Bursary Award holders will be eligible to receive support with extra costs. This includes:
- £300 for uniform
- School lunches
- Travel on school buses, when living more than two miles from the School
- A device for learning (usually an Ipad)
- A £2,000 allowance to spend on school trips at any time whilst at KES
The School will confirm more details about extra costs with families once a bursary has been awarded.
To apply for a Bursary Award, please contact our Admissions Team, who will send the application form to you. Families will need to pay a reduced non-refundable application fee of £30 plus VAT (£36) alongside application.
In assessing eligibility of the bursary, we partner with Bursary Administration Limited. They will request information on all relevant sources of income and capital assets, and pass this to the School.
Following the results of the admissions examinations, families will be notified if they have been successful in securing a Bursary Award in February. Once awarded, the entitlement to a Bursary Award will remain with a pupil throughout his or her time at the School, subject to financial circumstances being reviewed annually.
EPA Bursary Award
This bursary is in memory of Sir Edward Penley Abraham (EPA), who studied at King Edward’s from 1924-32 and went on to become a noted biochemist. Sir Edward was instrumental in the development of the first antibiotics penicillin and cephalosporin. The EPA Cephalosporin Fund, a charitable trust Sir Edward established before his death, wish to support promising young scientists in Southampton who would like to study at KES, but may not have the financial means to do so.
The EPA Bursary Award covers 100% of school fees, so you will need to have a household income below £46,000 to apply. To be considered for the EPA Bursary Award, you will need to sit a 30-minute science examination in addition to the English and maths examination papers. The selected pupil will perform highly in all of the science, maths and English exams and show a strong aptitude for science.
The EPA Bursary Award complements our wider bursary offering, and if you wish to be considered, you should apply for this in addition to our normal bursaries. By applying for the EPA Bursary Award, families will have a greater chance of securing a bursary. Please follow the usual bursary application process and indicate on your application form that you wish to be entered for the additional science examination.
