KS3 and KS4 Scholarships

Bicentennial Scholarships

Year 7 and Year 9 Bicentennial Scholarships
External Candidates
All students applying to Princess Helena College who have achieved a high enough level of attainment on the Assessment Day in January will be invited to sit a further assessment and interview for the Bicentennial Scholarship.

Internal Candidates
Students who have achieved a high enough level of attainment within internal examinations (Year 9) or GCSE examinations (Year 11) will be invited to an interview that will assess their suitability for the Scholars programme.

Creative Scholar Programme

Applicants can apply for a Scholarship if they excel in a particular area of academia, Art Dance, Drama, Music or Sports.

Our Scholarships are reserved for the most able of performers, and we expect that any recipients will have a passion for learning and demonstrate diligence and resilience.

Scholars are expected to take part in extra-curricular activities. They are also entered for any relevant competitions.

Practical assessments will be conducted in the candidate’s chosen subject (Art, Dance, Drama, Music or Sport).

Internal Candidates

For the Creative Scholars programme students must achieve a minimum Grade 7 their chosen subject at GCSE.

Criteria

Art

• Creativity: Demonstrate inventiveness and originality in their artwork and approach/thought process.
• Experimentation: explores and experiments with media and techniques with confidence and forethought. Has the ability to add refinement, achieving technical control, which results in a more sophisticated finished piece of artwork.
• Materials and Processes: Students use materials and processes in creative, practical and inventive ways; they explore alternatives and respond to new possibilities and meanings
• Formal Elements: composition, colour, space, line, form and movement are handled with great sensitivity and excellent visual understanding.

Dance

• A well-structured solo performance demonstrating a strong sense of performance, including musicality, timing and focus.
• Solo performance shows appropriate use of action, dynamics, and spatial elements to communicate the intended theme.
• Appropriate choice and use of accompaniment for the chosen genre and theme, demonstrating their ability to ‘use’ the music.
• Shows a range of well executed physical skills throughout routine, including flexibility, strength and balance.
• Performs with sustained confidence; engaging with the audience.
• Enthusiasm beyond the classroom

Drama

• Performance demonstrates a detailed knowledge of the text provided
• An independent, well informed, creative interpretation of character
• Appropriate use of voice, space and movement in performance
• Focused, sustained engagement with the audience/task
• Analytical comments made in discussion
• Obvious energy and enthusiasm for the subject
• Collaborative approach to working with others
• Proven commitment to drama outside of the classroom

Music

• Year 6 auditions (for the Years 7-9 scholarship): Grade 3/4
• Year 9 auditions (for the Years 10-11 scholarship): Grade 5/6
• Year 11 auditions (for the Years 12-13 scholarship): Grade 7/8
• Engagement with and commitment to musical groups
• Developing knowledge and aural skills
• Performance skill
• Ability to recognise and describe musical features

Sport

• A high level of fitness
• Excellent skills from a range of core sports
• Proven success in sport (a range of, or a specific sport)
• Proven commitment to sport outside of the school curriculum
• A clear passion for sport