Government of Jersey

School bursaries (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 18 February 2019.
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Request

How many bursaries have been granted at;

Jersey College for Girls
Victoria College
Beaulieu
De la Salle

in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018?

What criteria is used to grant bursaries in each school?

Response

Beaulieu Convent School and De La Salle College are not defined as a public authority under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. Therefore, the data below represents only Government of Jersey fee-paying maintained schools. It does not include the private secondary schools.

Jersey College for Girls

Academic Year	Number of students on bursaries
2016/2017	49
2017/2018	55
2018/2019	55

Victoria College

Academic Year	Number of students on bursaries
2016/2017	33
2017/2018	32
2018/2019	33

Jersey College for Girls

The information requested is exempt under Article 23 (Accessible by other means) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, as it is available to view on the JCG website at the following link:

JCG Bursaries

Victoria College

All Victoria College bursaries are awarded based on means testing criteria.

Article applied

Article 23 Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.