The Duke of York’s Royal Military School, founded in 1803, is the UK’s only state‑funded full boarding school, built on over two centuries of military heritage, and now enrolling around 500 pupils aged 11–18 as a co‑educational academy with a strong ethos of service, character, and academic ambition.
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Christ’s Hospital, founded in 1552, is the UK’s leading charitable school and largest bursary charity, offering free or reduced-cost places to over 630 of its 900 pupils annually.
The Royal Medical Foundation supports doctors, who are or have been registered with the General Medical Council and who are in financial hardship, and their families. In limited circumstances we can assist with children’s school fees to maintain educational stability when families are facing challenging times – this is primarily when children are already part-way through fee-paying education and any changes to their schooling would cause disruption, or where a child’s specific needs can only be met via provision at a fee-paying school.
The Mitchell City of London Educational Foundation
View ProfileGrants support secondary-age children and sixth formers to stay at their current fee-paying school, when there has been a change to the financial situation. There must be a connection to the City of London through school, residence, or employment.
The Canon Holmes Memorial Trust provides financial aid to parents who, due to changed family finances, can no longer meet the cost of their children’s independent school education.
The School Fees Charitable Trust supports parents facing genuine hardship from sudden, unforeseen circumstances, helping those who can no longer afford private school fees they had reasonably expected to pay.
Royal Pinner provides educational support for families facing hardship where at least one parent is or was recently employed as a travelling B2B sales representative.
RMNEF is a children’s educational charity funding the education of British children of Merchant Navy seafarers, professional sea-going fishermen, and RNLI lifeboat crew members, past or present, unable to afford schooling and associated costs for their children.
An educational grant-giving charity providing financial support to individuals under 25 with a two-year connection to the City of Westminster through residence or schooling; local organisations and schools may also qualify.
The NFL Trust promotes girls’ education in line with Christian principles, primarily by awarding bursaries for girls aged 11–18 to attend fee-charging schools across the United Kingdom.