Fee-Assisted Day

Christ’s Hospital is a unique independent school where academically ambitious students from all backgrounds are encouraged to discover their strengths and realise their potential. For centuries, the school has combined academic excellence with breadth of opportunity and a strong sense of community, ensuring that bright and motivated young people have access to an education that challenges, inspires and supports them to flourish.

Widening access has always been central to Christ’s Hospital. Through our means-tested bursaries for boarders, a broad range of scholarships, and the Head’s Award, the school has long ensured that opportunity extends far beyond financial circumstances. Now, in response to a changing world and the needs of modern families, Christ’s Hospital is extending this commitment further by offering fee-assisted day places. These places represent an important step in widening access for families living within reach of the school, enabling more children to benefit from the distinctive education and sense of belonging that Christ’s Hospital provides.

Who Can Apply?

Fee-assisted day places are available to families who:

• Wish their child to attend Christ’s Hospital as a day student
• Can demonstrate financial need through our means-tested assessment process
• Live within a reasonable commuting distance of the school

Entry Process

Our selection process is designed to determine whether a child will flourish in our school community with its strong academic ethos, wide range of opportunities and extensive facilities.

Parents are advised to start the admissions process as early as possible and ideally 18 months before their child would be due to enter the school.

Places are academically selective and are based on Christ’s Hospital’s own assessment process.

How Do I Apply? 

The first step is to complete an online application. We will then take you through the application process, letting you know what is required at the different stages.

When you first complete the application form, kindly tick the box(es) asking about fee assistance: bursary support and/or scholarship awards. We will send you all the relevant information.