Student Bursaries and support
The Foundation has paid grants totalling £442,250 to 734 students, supporting young people to achieve their potential through education and training.
The bursary scheme is available to students attending our 23 partner secondary schools in the county. This scheme is open to students who are going on to university to study a range of subjects
Bursaries of up tp £1200 will be available to those who are in their final year in the sixth form of one of our partner schools, studying A level in any subject or BTEC in Physical Education or Computer Science.
Applicants will be required to achieve a minimum of 120 UCAS Tariff points in their best three exams. Where applicants study more than three subjects the Foundation will calculate their bursary based upon their best three.
“The Connolly Foundation helped me to pursue and further develop my musical aspirations. I graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance and can now call myself a professional musician” – Luke Michaelides
Luke Michaelides
Each of the Foundation’s 23 partner schools are invited to put forward up to six students for the Foundation’s Discretionary Award. This award is at the discretion of the Foundation’s seven partner schools and is available to students in full time education at the partner schools and who are aged 19 or under on 31 August at the beginning of their final year at school. They must have an offer of a place on a full-time undergraduate degree course at a UK university.
We are funding recently graduated students considering teaching as a career who are being employed by Redborne School in Ampthill for two terms to work in schools in Bedfordshire. They work with teachers to support students on an individual or small group basis particularly focusing on disadvantaged students and catch-up work.
