The St Benet’s Scholarship has been created for pupils from selected Sixth Form schools, to support them financially as undergraduates at Oxford University. The award is not restricted to any particular denomination, and is open to all those who have received conditional offers from Oxford.
The candidate awarded the scholarship will get £1,000 per year for three years (or for the first three years for those studying Medicine, Modern Languages, etc.) as a maintenance grant.
The Applications date for 2025 has now passed, but the 2026 process will reopen next Spring 2026.
About St Benet’s Hall
The Scholarship is named in memory of St Benet’s Hall. Founded in 1897, St Benet’s Hall was the only Benedictine institution of higher education in the UK. A constituent part of Oxford University, it closed in 2022.
In the coming years, there will also be an annual lecture at Oxford named in honour of St Benet’s Hall.
Eligible Schools
The award is open to pupils from the following State schools, which the Trustees have identified as embodying Benedictine values:
| Abteigymnasium, Schaeftlarn, GERMANY |
| Abteigymnasium, Seckau, AUSTRIA |
| Benediktinergymnasium, Ettal, GERMANY |
| Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School, Coventry, West Midlands |
| Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School, Reading, Berkshire |
| Cardinal Griffin Catholic College, Cannock, Staffordshire |
| Cardinal Hume School, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear |
| Egbertgymnasium, Munsterschwarzach, GERMANY |
| Kloster, Wald Gymnasium, Wald GERMANY |
| Kloster Selingenthal, Landshut, GERMANY |
| St Anselm’s Catholic School, Canterbury, Kent |
| St Bede’s Catholic College, Bristol |
| St Bede’s Catholic Sixth Form College, Lanchester, County Durham |
| St Bede’s School, Redhill, Surrey |
| St Benedict Academy, Derby, Derbyshire |
| St Benedict’s Catholic High School, Alcester, Warwickshire |
| St Benedict’s Catholic School, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
| St Benedict’s Catholic High School, Whitehaven, Cumbria |
| St Benedict’s Catholic Secondary School, Cambridge, Ontario, CANADA |
| St Benedict’s Catholic Secondary School, Sudbury, Ontario, CANADA |
| St Benedict’s Roman Catholic High School, Linwood, Renfrewshire |
| St Benedict’s Sixth Form College, Bradford, West Yorkshire |
| St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy, Bedlington, Northumberland |
| St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School, Slough, Berkshire |
| St Bernard’s High School, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex |
| St Hilda’s CE High School, Liverpool |
| St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School, Colchester, Essex |
| St Leonard’s Catholic School, Durham, County Durham |
| St Robert of Newminster School, Washington, Tyne & Wear |
| St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School, Featherstone, West Yorkshire |
| St Wilfrid’s Catholic School, Crawley, West Sussex |
| St Wilfrid’s Roman Catholic College, South Shields, Tyne & Wear |
| Stiftsgymnasium, Kremsmunster, AUSTRIA |
| Stiftsgymnasium, Melk, AUSTRIA |
| Stiftsgymnasium, St Paul, AUSTRIA |
| Stiftsgymnasium, Seitenstetten, AUSTRIA |
| Ursuline Convent School, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent |
The Panel
A panel of expert advisors has been established to assist the Board in selecting the Scholars and maintaining the scholarship fund. Click here to learn more about our panel.