Scholarships | Blackheath & Thornburgh College

Blackheath & Thornburgh College invites applications for our 2024 Scholarship Program.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE 22 JULY 2023

To be eligible to be considered for a scholarship, students must make an online application which involves registering to attend the College for one of our on-site testing dates in 2023, in addition to submitting required documents to support their application.

To make an application under the 2024 Scholarship Program, please click on one of the applicable registration links below. Registration will incur an $88 cost to families. As part of the registration process, applicants will select a date to attend the College for scholarship testing, and they must also submit all supporting documentation outlined in both the scholarship criteria checklist and the individual scholarship category. All required documents must be supplied at the time of registration.

Testing Dates for 2024 Scholarships

Registrations for testing and all required supporting documents must be completed one week (7 days) prior to the advertised scholarship testing date. Testing will be held onsite at Blackheath & Thornburgh College on the following dates.

Click on your preferred testing date below.

Note: If you are unable to attend testing onsite, there may be an opportunity for families to arrange testing at alternative locations. This will be approved at the discretion of the College, and families will need to cover any associated costs and facilitate appropriate testing conditions. Please contact the College Registrar to discuss further.

Scholarship Enquiries

An Academic Scholarship may cover up to 50% of tuition fees applicable to enrolment. No family discounts or other remissions will apply. The scholarship does not cover charges for school services not included in the tuition fee, for example, uniform shop purchases, private music lessons, excursions, participation in representative sport or College bus services. Students will demonstrate a commitment to achieving academic excellence evidenced through school references and awards, participation and/or selection in programs or academic extension events and activities, as well as any other demonstrable evidence relating to high levels of achievement and contribution.

This scholarship is initially offered for a 2 year (academic year) period, with possibility of renewal. Renewals are at the discretion of the Principal and will be offered without further testing, subject to and conditional upon the student continuing to uphold the values of the College and their commitment to academic excellence.

Blackheath & Thornburgh College has a rich sporting history and continues to offer outstanding sporting opportunities for students. Our particular strengths are, but not limited to, Rugby League, Netball, Cricket, Tennis, Softball and Interschool competitions which include Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country. Sporting scholarships may cover up to 50% of tuition and/or boarding fees applicable to enrolment.

Students will demonstrate, through references and results, strong sportsmanship and athletic ability at a local or regional representative level or above. This scholarship is initially offered for a 2 year (academic year) period, with possibility of renewal. Renewals are at the discretion of the Principal and will be offered without further testing, subject to and conditional upon the student continuing to uphold the values of the College and their commitment to sporting excellence.

Boarding bursaries may cover up to 50% of boarding costs. No family discounts or other remissions will apply. The scholarship does not cover charges for school services not included in the tuition fee, for example, uniform shop purchases, private music lessons, excursions, participation in representative sport or College bus services.

Boarding bursaries offer the opportunity for students who are passionate about education to overcome the barriers of distance and access. This scholarship is initially offered for a 2 year (academic year) period, with possibility of renewal. Renewals are at the discretion of the Principal and will be offered without further testing, subject to and conditional upon the student continuing to uphold the values of the College and their commitment to their education.

A Community and Cultural Scholarship may cover up to 50% of tuition and/or boarding fees applicable to enrolment. No family discounts or other remissions will apply. The scholarship does not cover charges for school services not included in the tuition fee, for example, uniform shop purchases, private music lessons, excursions, participation in representative sport or College bus services. Recipients of Community and Cultural scholarships are typically students who will add to the life of the school in areas of service and culture. Characteristically, this student will be academically capable and have demonstrated strengths in a number of areas, which may include but are not limited to community service, drama, music, visual arts, dance and language.

Local Champions Scholarships may cover up to 50% of tuition fees applicable to enrolment. No family discounts or other remissions will apply. The scholarship does not cover charges for school services not included in the tuition fee, for example, uniform shop purchases, private music lessons, excursions, participation in representative sport or school bus services. The Local Champions Scholarships are available for outstanding young people in the Charters Towers region who have displayed leadership skills in one or more of the following areas:

Leadership roles (eg. school or house captain, student council representative)
Community group leaders (eg. Scouts, Girl Guides, sporting clubs)
Recognised volunteering efforts or coordination of charitable initiatives

Initially formed as the Thornburgh Old Boys’ Association in 1924 and the Blackheath Old Girls’ Association in 1925, the groups combined in 1935 to form an inclusive and driving force now known as the Blackthorn Past Students Association (BPSA), fostering an ongoing bond of fellowship between past students and further advancing the interests of the College; ‘My School and Yours’.

The BPSA Bursary will provide a once off contribution toward the tuition costs of schooling for the successful candidate. The scholarship does not cover charges for school services not included in the tuition fee, for example, uniform shop purchases, private music lessons, excursions, participation in representative sport or school bus services. The BPSA Bursary is provided for a student whose parent, grandparent or great grandparent attended Blackheath & Thornburgh College and is the first of their generation to join BTC. Applicants for the BPSA Bursary must address a written letter to the BPSA describing their family connection and willingness to contribute to the College community. This Bursary is offered as a one-off payment.

Scholarship Conditions

Please take into account the following conditions before applying:

BTC Scholarships are not transferable to another school or student.
BTC Scholarships do not include any incidental expenses such as uniforms, textbooks, stationary, transport costs etc.
Items of personal expenditure (for example, toiletries, casual clothes etc.) are not included in the Scholarship.
All Scholarship recipients NOT currently enrolled in the School will be required to undertake the School’s enrolment process, including the completion of enrolment forms, payment of monies and submission of appropriate documentation.
As per the Blackheath & Thornburgh College Scholarship Policy, no ‘Sibling Discount’ will apply to the applicant if granted a Scholarship.
The Scholarship holder will be subject to all the rules and regulations of the College in the same way as are all other students. This extends to the School’s behaviour management policy and to the School’s right to dismiss the student if, in the School’s opinion, such action becomes necessary.

The continuation of the Scholarship will be contingent upon the student’s:

Continued academic performance at a level deemed satisfactory by the Principal.
Continued participation and involvement in the extra-curricular life of the School to the Principal’s satisfaction.
Dress, bearing, manners and behaviour continuing to be of a high standard, and to the satisfaction of the Principal.
Fees and other monies owing to the school or its agencies being paid promptly.

The school may terminate any Scholarship at any time, where in its opinion, the terms of the award are not being met.

Blackheath & Thornburgh College reserves the right not to award a Scholarship if, in its opinion, no applicant is worthy of the award.

Financial Hardship Assistance

Applications for financial hardship assistance are considered on a case-by-case basis and are subject to a formal application submitted to the Principal and are separate to the scholarship and bursary process. Offers for a supported enrolment (that is, one that has a % of tuition or boarding fees covered) are made at the discretion of the Principal. Any such offer is subject to vacancies being available following the consideration of all offers of enrolment for full fee-paying enrolments.

Located in Charters Towers, North Queensland, we offer co-educational learning from Kindy to Year 12 with Boarding facilities.

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