Scholarships

There are a number of scholarships available including entry scholarships and those available to residents. In 2021 the Board agreed to increase scholarships from 2022 and we now have up to $16,500p.a. to award. For further information about scholarships contact the Principal, Jo Addison.

Internal BJH Scholarships

BJH Academic Merit Scholarship – $2,000 (3 available)

Awarded to a student for excellence in year 13 academic results.

Entry scholarships close on 31 January. Students must have chosen BJH as their first choice to be eligible. Entry forms will be available online from August.

Churchill Julius Scholarship – $2,000

Awarded to a student for their community contribution throughout their senior years at High School.

Entry scholarships close on 31 January. Students must have chosen BJH as their first choice to be eligible. Entry forms will be available online from August.

Warwick Sherwood Scholarship – $2,000

Awarded to a student for their community contribution throughout their senior years at High School.

Entry scholarships close on 31 January. Students must have chosen BJH as their first choice to be eligible. Entry forms will be available online from August.

Sadie Penny Scholarship – $2,000

Awarded to a female student who can demonstrate their passion for STEM.

Entry scholarships close on 31 January. Students must have chosen BJH as their first choice to be eligible. Entry forms will be available online from August.

Academic Excellence Award – $500

Awarded to a student excelling in their studies in the following areas;

Arts
Business and Law
Engineering
Science
Education, Health and Human Development

Community scholarships are awarded at our annual Awards Night in October. Residents do not need to apply as they are chosen internally. Students must have achieved a 7GPA or above to be eligible for any Community Award.

Rita Angus Cultural Award – $500

Awarded to a resident for their contribution to arts and music during the year.

Daphne Fahy Cup – $500

Awarded to a leader who has displayed the BJH values which are diversity, creativity, community, growth and academic passion.

University and External Scholarships

Helen MacMillan Brown Bursaries – $2500

Applications are open to all female students who are resident or intending to reside in a hall or village affiliated with the University during the tenure of the bursary (One year). Up to ten bursaries are available annually.

For further information, please visit the University’s Scholarships page.

Storry Scholarships

These scholarships are administrated by Anglican Care (the social service arm of the Diocese of Christchurch) and are given to provide educational assistance to gifted young people under the age of 20 who live in Canterbury/Westland that can demonstrate performance at an extremely high level of accomplishment in intellectual, creative, sporting or other activity compared to other persons of their age.

Individual scholarships can be worth up to $3500 and have been used in the past to assist with funding mission trips, university tuition and accommodation fees, music lessons etc. The deadline for applications is 30 September and more details, including an application form, can be found on the Anglican life website at www.anglicare.org.nz/storry-scholarship or if you would like to discuss the scholarship further with us please contact Denise Munro or Patrick Murray at the Anglican Centre on 03 348 6960.

The Johanne Lohse Scholarship

These scholarships provide assistance towards the cost of tertiary studies to the daughters of full-time, paid ordained Ministers of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia for assistance with first-degree tertiary study. They may be awarded for any subject.

The scholarships are available for up to three years and amounts are at the discretion of the Trustees. They are available for study anywhere in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the continent of Europe, or Australia.

“Candidates must be between 17 and 26 years of age at the time of application, and produce evidence of birth and baptism, and have been resident in the New Zealand Anglican Church boundaries for at least 3 years prior. One parent must hold, or have held, a Bishop’s licence as a full-time, paid Ordained Minister in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

Application forms can be downloaded from www.anglicanlife.org.nz , by writing to Church Property Trustees Finance Manager, PO Box 4438, Christchurch, 8140 or emailing: cptfinancemanager@anglicanlife.org.nz

Contact: Margaret Bassett, CPT Fianance Manager.
The Church Property Trustees
PO Box 4438
Christchurch 8140