Why support a student?

The costs associated with providing an independent specialist performing arts and academic education are high – currently over £136,500 to fund each boarding pupil through First to Fifth Form and £58,400 for 2 year Sixth Form courses.

These are clearly large commitments, but represent an immensely worthwhile investment in helping Tring Park students achieve their ambitions to become not just trained performers, but ‘thinking’ performers fully prepared for life. At any one time around 47% of pupils at Tring Park benefit from some level of financial support. Receiving a Scholarship or Bursary to study at Tring Park can literally transform the life of the recipient and has the potential to become the springboard for a future career in the Arts.

Scholarships and Bursaries

Scholarships are traditionally awarded for particular talent (ie. Musical Theatre, Dance, Drama, or Music) and Bursaries are primarily awarded on the basis of financial need. Awards can vary in size from a few hundred pounds right up to full fees. Supporters can contribute at any level to the general student Scholarship & Bursary Fund or in the case of gifts of £3,000 or more a Scholarship or Bursary Award can be established in the name of the donor, Charitable Trust or Company. Partial or full scholarships/bursaries can be funded on an annual basis or permanently endowed to create a lasting legacy that will encourage and support talented young people for generations to come.

Supporting an annual or endowed Scholarship or Bursaries Award is a tremendously rewarding experience for benefactors who gain personal insight into the education and training of the individual pupil/s they are supporting, through regular reports, personal letters and the opportunity to attend student performances.

This year Tring Park has been delighted to receive student support from the following Charitable Trusts:

The Headley Trust, The Royal Pinner School Foundation, The Rothschild Foundation, The Stanley Picker Trust & The Vandervell Foundation.

For more information about Tring Park’s Scholarship and Bursaries programme, please contact Jane Foy, Campaign Director, at jane.foy@tringpark.com or Tel. +44 (0) 1442 821662

To find out how to make a donation please see the Ways to Donate page.