The King’s School has always been deeply committed to supporting the local community and maintaining an outward-looking approach and attitude. Our first ever Social Impact Report encapsulates our ongoing commitment to bursaries, partnerships and pupil social responsibility, and showcases the broad range of initiatives, provision and events which make a difference to our community and wider society.

Partnership programmes at King's include:

• Saturday Smarties - A science outreach programme for local primary school  
• Sounding Out - A community focused music programme 
• Use of King's facilities 
• King's primary business 

Widening access to pupils from all backgrounds is also of central importance to King's. For many years, means-tested partial bursaries have been awarded to support high-ability students to join or remain in the Senior School, in addition to emergency bursaries for families facing unexpected hardships. In 2023-24 we offered £2.06m of means-tested partial bursaries to families who needed extra support. Through the Charter Awards Campaign, King's is building on this proud tradition of supporting bursaries with the provision of a separate, donor-funded endowment fund through which further full (100 or 110%) bursaries are being awarded.

This year, we have:

• Welcomed our first Charter Awardee, with another three about to join  
• Already reached 43% of our target of fundraising £3m in 3 years for bursaries
• Offered 167 scholarships and 64 bursaries to pupils needing support 

It is our aim to continue to develop our partnership and outreach programmes and to grow our endowment fund. By focusing on the impact of our work to-date, we are able to ensure that the greatest possible benefit can be gained from these efforts, and to refine our strategies to underpin even greater impact in future.

Click here to read the full report document.

If you'd like to know more about partnerships or fundraising at King's, please contact:

Michael Mawby - Head of Partnerships - mrm@kings-school.co.uk

Jenny Grant - Director of Development - jg@kings-school.co.uk