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Scholarships and Destinations

At Old Buckenham Hall, we pride ourselves on sending children to the leading schools – day and boarding – across the country. Our broad and thorough curriculum prepares children for a range of entrance tests, as well as Common Entrance at the end of Year 8. Children are given plenty of opportunities to practice and prepare for all assessments and we are proud of our excellent academic results. 

In all areas of the curriculum, we maintain a “Gifted and Talented” register where we track the progress of children who may show considerable potential and be considered for a scholarship application to their future school. In these areas we run scholarship programmes which are designed to extend knowledge, understanding and application. These scholarship sessions start in Year 7 and continue until the assessments in Year 8. 

We currently run these sessions for academic, art, drama, sport, music, STEM and leadership scholars. We have an outstanding record of scholarship success, with a high percentage of our leavers achieving scholarships or other recognition for their achievements and talents. 

OBH has an outstanding record of scholarship success. The 2024 Leavers secured 12 scholarships across a range of disciplines including academic, art, drama, music, sport, or a combination of these. The table below shows the variety of schools our pupils have moved on to in recent years:

Destination Senior School

Ampleforth College

2019

1

2020

1

2021

0

2022

0

2023

1

2024

0

 

Benenden School

2019

0

2020

1

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

1

 

Cheltenham College

2019

0

2020

1

2021

0

2022

1

2023

1

2024

0

 

Culford School

2019

0

2020

2

2021

1

2022

0

2023

0

2024

2

 

Colegio Internacional Meres

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

1

 

Colegio La Salle Maravillas

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

1

 

Downside School

2019

1

2020

1

20221

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Eton College

2019

2

2020

0

2021

0

2022

1

2023

1

2024

4

 

Fénelon Sainte-Marie

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

1

 

Finborough School

2019

0

2020

0

2021

1

2022

1

2023

0

2024

0

 

Framlingham College

2019

1

2020

0

2021

1

2022

2

2023

4

2024

4

 

Gordonstoun

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

20222

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Gosfield School

2019

1

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Gresham's

2019

3

2020

2

2021

1

2022

2

2023

0

2024

0

 

Harrow School

2019

0

2020

1

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Ipswich School

2019

0

2020

1

2021

0

2022

2

2023

0

2024

0

 

The King's School, Canterbury

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

King's Ely

2019

0

2020

0

2021

1

2022

0

2023

0

2024

1

 

Malvern College

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

1

 

Marlborough College

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

1

 

Milton Abbey

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Monkton Combe School

2019

1

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Norwich School

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Oakham School

2019

3

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Oundle School

2019

2

2020

6

2021

1

2022

4

2023

3

2024

4

 

Pangbourne College

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

1

2023

0

2024

0

 

Royal Hospital School

2019

3

2020

2

2021

3

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Rugby School

2019

4

2020

0

2021

1

2022

1

2023

2

2024

1

 

Saffron Walden County High School

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

1

 

Shrewsbury School

2019

1

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

St Edward's Oxford

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Stamford School

2019

1

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Stowe School

2019

0

2020

1

2021

1

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Thomas Gainsborough School

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

1

 

The Leys School

2019

3

2020

2

2021

1

2022

3

2023

2

2024

1

 

Uppingham School

2019

2

2020

3

2021

2

2022

11

2023

5

2024

6

 

Wellington School

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

2

2023

0

2024

0

 

Winchester College

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

 

Woodbridge School

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

2022

1

2023

1

2024

0