Social Bursaries

ECP supports students with excellent academic results, but limited or insufficient family income. By the end of spring term, parents of such students need to submit an official application form for the following school year to the Headmaster. The College carefully evaluates all applications and, based on availability of funds allocated for this purpose, decides on social bursaries for selected students, in the form of up to a 50% discount on the full school fees. A bursary is granted for one school year only and each year new applications must be submitted and are evaluated again based on the most recent academic results and the latest family income statements. 
If parents find themselves facing unanticipated economic difficulties during the course of the school year, they can apply to the Headmaster for financial support in meeting the continuing costs of their child’s education.

The Prince of Wales Scholarship will be awarded to an ambitious Czech student from a disadvantaged family, currently in Year 7 or Year 9 of a Czech school. The Prince of Wales Scholar will receive a full scholarship for six or four years at the English College, dependent upon their age on joining us in September. It will be awarded to a student who would not normally consider applying for a place at an independent school because of lack of funds.

Our Czech Patron, Karel Schwarzenberg, has agreed to the use of his name in connection with a Schwarzenberg Scholarship, which will enable a Czech student to attend the final four years at the English College in Prague. The scholarship is aimed at attracting a student who might not ordinarily be able to attend the College were the scholarship not available. Suitability will be judged on the likelihood of the student’s life chances and comparative academic success being significantly improved.

Prague 9 Academic Scholarship

This is a new scholarship designed to help prospective Year 3 students, who have completed all of their basic school education in Prague 9, to be able to come to ECP. The level of award is up to 50%, which will reflect academic potential and may take into account financial circumstances.  The scholarships are usually for a duration of two years, although with sustained excellent academic performance they will usually be continued for a further 2 years. The Prague 9 Scholarship is awarded at the same time a place is offered at the school.

One of the early graduates of the English College, Jan Barta, now a successful internet entrepreneur, generously funds six scholarships to enable promising young people who would not necessarily fit in well with the Czech school system to flourish at the College, as he believes he himself did. These scholarships can be for up to 100% of school fees. In addition, Barta Scholars receive a contribution towards living expenses and other co-curricular activities.  Holders of a Barta Scholarship are expected to help organise the annual concert for the Václav Havel Scholarship Fund and are required to undertake one charity project.

Václav Havel Scholarship

The Václav Havel Scholarship was founded by a group of Year 6 students who graduated in June 2011 and was intended to give Roma students access to an education at the English College. The school now financially supports this student-led initiative. These scholarships are usually held by up to two students in the school at any one time. They are for up to 100% of school fees. In addition, scholarship winners receive a contribution towards living expenses and other co-curricular activities. Along with the Barta Scholars, holders of the Havel Scholarship are expected to help organise the annual concert for the Václav Havel Scholarship Fund and are required to undertake one charity project.