Real change
Where your gift goes
Behind every line on the leaderboard is a student, a teacher, a programme that genuinely changes lives.
"I came here on a full bursary in 2019. Without it I'd never have set foot in a place like this. Last summer I started a PhD at Imperial. None of it would have happened without the people who give."
Sarah Okonkwo
Old Aldhelmian, 2024
Bursaries
100 free places funded in 2025
Last year your gifts funded one hundred full-cost bursaries — children from families that would never otherwise have been able to consider us. The waiting list is twice that.
"We met five Aldhelmians at a science fair when our daughter was 11. They sat with her for an hour. She's now in Year 9 here, top of her chemistry set."
Parent of a current pupil
Outreach programme
Stories from the year
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Why we launched Be The Change
The thinking behind our biggest bursary campaign — and what comes next.
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100 free places funded in 2025
A landmark year for bursary funding — what it took, and what it means.
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Sarah's bursary changed everything
From a council estate in Lewisham to a PhD at Imperial — Sarah's story.