Scholarships
Blackheath & Thornburgh College invites applications for our 2025 Scholarship Program.
To be considered for a scholarship at the College in 2025, students must make an online scholarship application which involves registering to attend the College for one of our on-site testing dates in 2024, in addition to submitting required documents under the scholarship category criteria, & submitting an enrolment application.
Scholarships are on offer for students entering Year 6 and Year 7 in 2025.
Applications open 1 March 2024. Deadlines for submission of applicants are listed in the 2025 Scholarship Applicant Program Guidelines.
Click Here to access the 2025 Scholarship Program Applicant Guidelines. Please ensure that you download a copy of this document and read it carefully prior to submitting your scholarship application.
Who can apply?
- Current students of Blackheath & Thornburgh College.
- Students who are not yet enrolled at the College.
- Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia.
- Applicants must be entering Years 6 or 7 in 2025.
Scholarship Application Checklist
Please use this as a checklist of requirements for your application:
Step 1
Complete Scholarship Registration + Application Process. You will need to:
- Select a scholarship test date and complete online scholarship application, including payment of the $88 scholarship application fee.
- Upload a Student Personal Statement: minimum 300-word statement addressing the scholarship/s criteria applied for. Students must specify which scholarships they wish to be considered for, in addition to introducing themselves and outlining their personal qualities. Student Personal Statements should also make mention of any special awards, contributions to school/family/social communities, participation and/or selection in relevant programs that highlight student expertise or personal values. Additionally, students must include what and how they will contribute to the College The minimum limit for the Student Personal Statement is 300-words. All work produced and provided must belong to the student.
- Upload supporting documentation where applicable: certificates of achievement, awards, references from coaches etc.
Step 2
Complete an Enrolment Application prior to Scholarship Test. You will need the following documentation:
- Birth Certificate
- Immunization History Statement
- 3 most recent school report cards (Semester 1 + 2 of 2023, Semester 2 of 2022).
- NAPLAN report
- You will not need to pay the $50 enrolment application fee
Note that submitting an Enrolment Application with the College is not a guarantee of an offer of enrolment at the College. The College will liaise with all families to let them know of outcomes of both scholarship offers as well as offers of enrolment at the College for 2025.
There is no obligation placed on families by submitting an Enrolment Application.
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Step 3
Sit the scholarship test on your selected testing date at the College.
Testing Dates for 2025 Scholarships
Registrations for testing and all required supporting documents must be completed 14 days prior to the advertised scholarship testing date. Testing will be held onsite at Blackheath & Thornburgh College on the following dates.
Click on your preferred testing date below to be taken to the registration page:
Note: If you are unable to attend testing onsite, there may be an opportunity for families to arrange testing at alternative locations. This will be approved at the discretion of the College, and families will need to cover any associated costs and facilitate appropriate testing conditions. Please contact the College Registrar to discuss further.
Scholarship Categories
Scholarship Conditions
Please take into account the following conditions before applying:
- BTC Scholarships are not transferable to another school or student.
- BTC Scholarships do not include any incidental expenses such as uniforms, textbooks, stationary, transport costs etc.
- Items of personal expenditure (for example, toiletries, casual clothes etc.) are not included in the Scholarship.
- All Scholarship recipients NOT currently enrolled in the College will be required to undertake the College's enrolment process, including the completion of enrolment forms, payment of monies and submission of appropriate documentation.
- As per the Blackheath & Thornburgh College Scholarship Policy, no 'Sibling Discount' will apply to the applicant if granted a Scholarship.
- The Scholarship holder will be subject to all the rules and regulations of the College in the same way as are all other students. This extends to the College's behaviour management policy and to the College's right to dismiss the student if, in the College's opinion, such action becomes necessary.
The continuation of the Scholarship will be contingent upon the student's:
- Continued academic performance at a level deemed satisfactory by the Principal.
- Continued participation and involvement in the extra- curricular life of the College to the Principal's satisfaction.
- Dress, bearing, manners and behaviour continuing to be of a high standard, and to the satisfaction of the Principal.
- Fees and other monies owing to the College or its agencies being paid promptly.
The College may terminate any Scholarship at any time, where in its opinion, the terms of the award are not being met.
Blackheath & Thornburgh College reserves the right not to award a Scholarship if, in its opinion, no applicant is worthy of the award.
Financial Hardship Assistance
Applications for financial hardship assistance are considered on a case-by-case basis and are subject to a formal application submitted to the Principal and are separate to the scholarship and bursary process. Offers for a supported enrolment (that is, one that has a % of tuition or boarding fees covered) are made at the discretion of the Principal. Any such offer is subject to vacancies being available following the consideration of all offers of enrolment for full fee-paying enrolments.
Scholarship Enquiries
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