Scholarships
Opportunity starts here
Newington College scholarships provide financial support and celebrate diversity, helping students from all backgrounds thrive in academics, music, sport, and leadership.
Scholarships are also a vital part of Newington’s commitment to fostering a diverse and vibrant learning community. They reflect our enduring belief in the power of education to transform lives, ensuring more students can benefit from the opportunities a Newington College education provides.
Discover how your child can belong, grow, and thrive as part of a community that values inclusivity, potential, character, and achievement.
All scholarship applications are now closed.
2028 Senior scholarship applications open Saturday 31 October 2026 and close Friday 22 January 2027.
Overview of scholarships
Through the generosity of our Newington community, in our Senior School we offer a broad range of scholarships, ranging from academic and music through to general excellence and all-rounder scholarships. We offer these opportunities to students that display exemplary character and commitment. Our dedication to diversity and social justice also helps to provide opportunities for students who would otherwise be unable to access a Newington education.
Scholarships are awarded to both new and currently enrolled students for partial remission of tuition or boarding fees.
Scholarships are open to students in Years 7–11.
Newington College scholarships provide access to exceptional learning opportunities for students who share our values. We are looking for students who have:
- strong academic, sporting, and/or musical ability with demonstrated reports that reflect academic potential and effort, sound character traits, and a potential to lead
- a willingness to participate in a variety of educational and school-related activities
- evidence that they enjoy active participation and achievement in co-curricular programs such as sport, creative and performing arts, and/or learning through service to others.
Scholarship students are highly committed to giving their personal best, and in doing so, act as positive role models for their peers and for our Newington community.
Each scholarship has different criteria that can be found on the individual scholarship pages.
We receive a high level of quality applications each year. Therefore, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted to receive an update on their application progress.
2028 Senior School Scholarships
- Applications open: Saturday 31 October 2026
- Applications close: 5.00pm, Friday 22 January 2027
- Scholarship testing:
- Year 7: Monday 1 February 2027
- Years 8–11: Tuesday 2 February 2027
- Shortlisted student interviews: March / April 2027
- Outcomes: Communicated to successful students during May 2027
Academic Scholarships
Awarded to students of exceptional academic ability who demonstrate excellence across a broad range of subject areas.
Music Scholarships
Awarded to students who demonstrate excellence in musical achievement or show potential in strings, choral, brass/woodwind, percussion, keyboards, vocal and/or contemporary music.
General Excellence and All Rounder Scholarships
Awarded to students who embody all-round excellence. Demonstrating strength, enthusiasm and capability in co-curricular activities including sport and/or creativity, as well as a strong academic mindset and achievement, exemplary work ethic, and outstanding character and leadership.
Means-tested Scholarships
Formerly referred to as ‘bursaries’, the College awards a range of means-tested scholarships to students who face financial barriers from enrolling at Newington College.
These students come from diverse cultural, social, and economic backgrounds – including those of First Nations or Tongan heritage, children from refugee or asylum-seeker families. These scholarships are substantially funded by the Newington Foundation thanks to the generosity of the Newington community.
Year 11, 2028 Pioneer Scholarship for Senior Girls
For intellectually curious and academically ambitious young women, this scholarship opens the door to deeper learning, bold thinking and academic distinction.
Whether pursuing the HSC or IB Diploma, it offers an opportunity for a high-achieving student to embrace the challenge of a new school community and help shape Newington’s first co-educational Senior School cohort.
Boarding Scholarships
Awarded to students from rural and regional areas.
‘Being granted a Newington College scholarship was a stepping stone in my career at such an early age, opening the door to a good education and university. I genuinely believe the opportunities I had were because of the values Newington College instilled in me.’
– Old Newingtonian scholarship recipient
Inspiring legacies
Some of our longstanding scholarships proudly honour individuals and families whose impact has extended far beyond their time at Newington, reflecting lives of remarkable achievement and enduring legacy.
More information about the people our scholarships honour is available here.
Empowering futures through generosity
At Newington College, our students benefit from the ongoing generosity of our community that believes in the transformative power of education.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of our donors and the Newington Foundation, whose commitment helps open doors for current and future students to thrive.
