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Scholarships
Up one levelEach year Christ Church offers a variety of scholarships to boys who are entering the School the following year. Boys are encouraged to apply for a range of academic, music and boarding scholarships. Academic scholarships, worth 50% of the tuition fees, are awarded based on the results of the Australian Council of Educational Research (ACER) scholarship exam, whilst music scholarships and bursaries are awarded following an audition. Prospective boarders may apply for regional scholarships, valued at 50% of the boarding fee, which are based on a submitted resume and an interview with the Headmaster. The School also offers specific scholarships for sons of Old Boys.
Council Entrance Scholarships
Five academic scholarships are awarded annually to incoming Year 8 boys who sit the ACER examination in Term 2 of Year 7. Each scholarship has a value of 50% of the school fees and is tenable for five years.
The Old Boys' Association Scholarship
The Old Boys' Association scholarship is awarded annually to a son or grandson of a former pupil of the School.
School Bursary
One bursary is awarded annually to an incoming Year 8 boy whose parents are unable, for financial reasons, to enrol their son at Christ Church Grammar School.
Regional Residential Scholarships
Christ Church Grammar School annually awards two Regional Residential Scholarships to boys entering the School at Year 8 level.
The Perkins Family Scholarship
The Perkins Family has endowed an Old Boys’ Scholarship, to be awarded once every three years to the son or grandson of a Christ Church Grammar School Old Boy.
Indigenous Scholarships
Christ Church offers a number of Indigenous Scholarships to boys in any year to attend school. The targeted number of indigenous scholarships in the School's Residential Community is 12-16 per year.
The Charles Frederic Russell Memorial Scholarship
In 1973 Mrs Ester Temple Russell bequeathed a scholarship to Christ Church Grammar School in memory of her son, Charles Patrick Frederic Russell, who had attended the School in the 1930s.
The Scott Wyllie Bursary
The Scott Wyllie Bursary is in memory of Scott Wyllie, a student of Christ Church Grammar School, who died in May 1980 as a result of injuries suffered in a fall.
The Harriott Family Memorial Scholarship
The Harriott Family Memorial Scholarship is a memorial to the Family of Old Boy John Frederick Harriott (1959-1963).
The Vines Family Indigenous Scholarship
The Vines Family Indigenous Scholarship is the consequence of a gift to the School by Margaret and Roger Vines in 2007.
ACER Scholarship Examination
To be eligible for the above scholarships and bursary applicants must sit the Australian Centre for Educational Research (ACER) Scholarship Examination.