Learning from you about what we should do!

Thank you for taking part in our bursary discussion. We hoped that we would be able to meet with you and talk about all sorts of issues around our ambition to 'expand opportunities for able girls regardless of means' at South Hampstead as part of the GDST wide mission. But for the moment, this survey will have to suffice. At the end, there is a free text section so that you can add any other thoughts or ideas you have.

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* 1. You are welcome to complete this survey anonymously but if you are happy to let us know who you are, please do fill in your name below.

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* 2. So we have an idea of how different age groups feel, please let us know the decade you left South Hampstead.

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* 3. If you were a pupil at a South Hampstead or at a GDST school, did you recieve financial help in the form of 

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* 4. How beneficial do you think an education at South Hampstead or GDST school is?

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* 5. How important do you think it is for the school to be able to offer financial assistance to pupils who cannot afford the fees?

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* 6. Do you think having pupils receiving financial assistance has a positive or negative impact on the fee paying pupils?

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* 7. At South Hampstead, we are currently able to give financial assistance to 25 pupils out of 930 in the school. Do you think this is 

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* 8. The school currently spends around £400,000 each year to support pupils who could not otherwise afford the fees.  This is just under 2.4% of our whole school budget. Do you think this is

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* 9. We receive around £50,000 a year from donated funds (gifts from our community) to support pupils who could not otherwise afford the fees. Do you think this is

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* 10. Do you think that a donation to help pupils attend a school like South Hampstead should qualify as a charitable gift?

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* 11. Do you think it is justifiable for a school like South Hampstead to seek donations from the community to help support means tested bursaries?

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* 12. Our goal for our 150th anniversary in 2026 is to be able to offer twice as many opportunities for able girls who cannot afford the fees. This means we would need to find over £1,000,000 each year either from our fees or from philanthropic gifts from our community.  Do you think this is a realistic goal?

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* 13. Who do you think we should ask to help us achieve this funding?

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* 14. If we were to invite you to support this initiative would you prefer to be approached

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* 15. Who would you prefer to be approached by?

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* 16. What is the best way to describe what we want to be able to fund?

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* 17. Can you give us idea of what sort of information is important to you by ranking the following?

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* 18. Which do you think is the best way for people to support our bursary initiative?

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* 19. And finally, let us know what you think?

Do you have suggestions to help us achieve this goal? Can you share your own experience of receiving financial help or being with others from different backgrounds? 

Thank you so much for taking the time to complete this survey. We will post the results in our next newsletter and if you have any further questions, do contact us at alumnae@shhs.gdst.net. If you would like to find out more about our bursary initiatives visit our website or contact us at development@shhs.gdst.net. In the meantime, please do keep safe and well.

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