Normally sane, charming and happy parents can change into red-eyed, foam-at-the-mouth, terrifying individuals, best avoided in case George or Mia haven’t secured that coveted place to Thomas’s, Garden House, Westminster, Eton, Wycombe Abbey or St Mary’s Ascot – thus fated to a life of unthinkable failure. If you’re a parent of a 3, 8, 11 or 13-year-old, there are few things as hotly discussed as which school your offspring is applying to. They also offer discounts on full boarding fees to children of employees of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the UN, and of those serving in the armed forces.DEFINED AS BOTH “the process of teaching, training and learning, especially in schools or colleges” and “an interesting experience that teaches you something” by the Oxford English Dictionary, it’s Plato who challenges us to think, “The main function of education is not to put knowledge into the soul, but to bring out the latent talents in the soul by directing it towards the right objects.” Perhaps for most of us as parents a better definition is “source of intense anxiety or stress”. The school looks at both financial criteria and the onward trajectory of any potential recipient, and the bursary committee will make awards to those most likely to benefit from the opportunities on offer. The school aims to award up to five bursary places to pupils entering Year 4 each year. There are currently 26 bursary recipients in the school, and the award remains in place throughout the child’s time at the Dragon, with the level of fee reduction based on the particular circumstances of each applicant.
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