Ark Bolingbroke Academy

Sixth Form Student Finance

Bolingbroke Sixth Form Bursary

The scheme is designed to provide financial assistance to students from backgrounds of socio-economic disadvantage who may otherwise leave full-time education, and is a replacement for the now disbanded Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA). Student eligibility for the payment is based on the following key criteria:

Full bursary - £1,200

• Young people in care, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
• Young care leavers
• Young people getting Income Support or the equivalent Universal Credit (UC) in their own right
• Young people getting both Disability Living Allowance (or the new Personal Independence Payments) and Employment Support Allowance (ESA) (or Universal Credit as a replacement for ESA) in their own right

NB: Evidence supplied by your local authority will be required if you fall within the first four key groups outlined above.

Discretionary bursary: • for students who are in receipt of Free School Meals £200

The award will be paid directly into the student’s (or a parent’s) bank account on three separate occasions across the year. The approximate timelines are below:

• December • February • April
• Terms and Conditions under which the bursary and support will be awarded
• The student must sustain an attendance level of at least 96% or better each month, with any absence authorised.
• The student must maintain the highest of effort levels for each course of study they follow. This includes meeting deadlines imposed by subject staff and completing all classwork/homework.
• The student must model exemplary behaviour. Poor behaviour will disqualify payment of the award for that month.

Please note that all decisions on payment of the discretionary bursary and award will be made by Ms Hill or Ms Orchin. Decisions will be based on available data, and appeals will be adjudicated by Ms Edis (Principal) on behalf of the Academy’s governing body.