Deadline: 10-Jan-23
The Wolfson Foundation is offering Funding for Secondary Schools & Sixth form Colleges to support high-achieving state-funded secondary schools and sixth form colleges to improve the teaching of science, computer science, design & technology, art, languages, music and performing arts at GCSE and A-Level.
They generally award grants towards new builds, refurbishment and technical equipment.
Funding Information
- £15,000 – £50,000 (equipment projects)
- £15,000 – £100,000 (new build and refurbishment projects)
- If total project cost is between £50,000 and £1 million, they ask that some matched are in place. They do not require a specific amount of matched funds for projects on this scale, but they want to see that enough funding is in place to make the project viable and deliverable.
- If total project cost is <£50,000, no match funding is required
What they don’t fund?
- Examples of ineligible projects and costs include:
- Musical instruments
- General auditorium refurbishments
- General IT infrastructure
- Library facilities
- Purchase of land or existing buildings (including a building’s freehold)
- Grants direct to individuals
- Grants through conduit organisations
- Overheads, maintenance costs and VAT
- Non-specific appeals (including circulars) and endowment funds
- Costs of meetings, exhibitions, concerts, expeditions, conferences, lectures, etc.
- Salary costs
- Running costs, including vehicle fuel and maintenance
- Film, websites or promotional materials
- Repayment of loans
- Projects that have already been completed or will be by the time of award.
Eligibility Criteria
- This information does not apply to special schools, which should apply under their funding for special needs schools and colleges.
- Your school or college should:
- Be state funded
- Have at least two years of exam results available
- Have been inspected by Ofsted / Estyn / HMIE / ETI and have an overall outcome of ‘Good’
- Be able to demonstrate an achieved level of excellence OR significant progress towards excellence through, for example, inspection reports and progress made by students
- If a predominantly denominational or faith-based school, it should have a non-discriminatory entry policy in respect of religious allegiance or at least 10% of pupils must be of other denominations, faiths or none.
- In assessing the excellence of a school or college they also consider the local context, including deprivation measures and previous Wolfson support in the same region within the last five years.
- Your project must cost at least £25,000 and have one or more of the following aims:
- Improved quality of teaching and learning spaces for subjects which require specialist laboratories and technical equipment
- Increased numbers of students taking these subjects
- Improved learning outcomes for students taking these subjects.
For more information, visit Wolfson Foundation.