Art Scholarship – Year 7

At 11+ (Year 7) Art & Design scholarships may be awarded to girls showing outstanding ability and potential. Art & Design scholars must pass the school’s entrance examination. Subject to a means-test it is possible for a scholarship to be combined with a bursary from the Girls’ Day School Trust.

Creating your art portfolio

We would appreciate it if the art portfolio could be sent through as a digital portfolio (preferably on Google Slides) containing a maximum of 13 slides, displaying:

• five pieces of work which include:
  • at least one drawing
  • at least one painting
  • other items may be art or craft work
• three close-ups of any of the artwork supplied above
• five pieces from a small sketchbook.

Submitting your art portfolio

For new pupils, the portfolio will be submitted via the Admissions Portal along with the scholarship application.

For current Year 6 pupils, please send the portfolio along with the completed scholarship application form, and email to admissions@cry.gdst.net

A signed statement from a parent or teacher should be included with the application confirming that the work is the student’s own and that it has been unaided. Applications will be shortlisted to those who have demonstrated scholarship potential. These girls will be invited in to school to meet our Head of Art and to take part in an observational drawing task.

The application form with the digital portfolio must be submitted by 17 October 2025. The final art assessment will take place week commencing 24 November 2025.

Art Scholarship Roles and Responsibilities

Key stage 3 and 4

• Scholars must take an active role in all curricular and co-curricular Art (including entering creative competitions).
• Scholars will be encouraged to take Art at GCSE.
• Scholars should take every opportunity to help promote Art in the school through their attitude as well as their participation.

Key stage 5 – Sixth Form (Years 12-13)

• Scholars are role models promoting all aspects of Art in the school and should use their initiative to be pro-active in ways which will benefit the department.
• It is expected that all scholars will be studying Art in the sixth form.
• Scholars must take a lively and active role in curricular and co-curricular Art.
• The scholar is expected to play an active leadership role within the co-curricular Art life of the school, for example, by running a weekly lower school club.
• The scholar is expected to assist the Art Department at school events such as Open Day, Open Evening, Sixth Form Open Evening, and Taster Days.
• Scholars should be willing to attend workshops and life drawing.