Through the generosity of the Hale School community and our many benefactors, the Hale School Foundation offers a comprehensive scholarship programme to current and prospective students of Hale School.
Fundamentally, the aim of the programme is to allow boys who would otherwise be unable to attend Hale School an opportunity to benefit from a Hale education. Beyond the recognition of excellence, the Hale School Foundation acknowledges that the invitation of exceptional students into our student body benefits our entire school.
Hale School offers the following scholarships:
Hale School Foundation Academic Scholarships are available for boys who will be entering Year 7 in 2025. Any boy who is in Year 6 in 2024 is eligible to apply regardless of the school he currently attends.
Applications for 2025 scholarships are now open.
The Ryan Murphy General Excellence Scholarship is awarded to a new Senior School student who can demonstrate academic achievement, as well as promise in another field such as the creative and performing arts, sport, leadership or community service. Interviews with the Headmaster will form part of the selection process.
This scholarship has been made possible through the generosity of the family of Ryan Murphy. Ryan attended Hale School from 2012 to 2023 and passed away in early 2023 from an inoperable brain tumour. This perpetual scholarship stands as a legacy to a remarkable young man whose effort and dedication spanned many fields.
Applications for the 2024 scholarship are for students who have not already accepted a place at Hale School and are now closed.
Brian Clarkson Rural Scholarship
The Hale School Foundation Brian Clarkson Rural Scholarship is named in honour of Brian Clarkson, a dearly loved teacher and well-respected Head of Boarding who passed away in 2011. This scholarship is available for boys who will be in Year 6 in 2024, wanting to enter Hale in Year 7 in 2025 as a boarder. All applicants must come from a regional background.
Applications for 2025 scholarships are now open.
Boarding Scholarship for Year 9 entry
Applications are warmly invited for boys wanting to enter Hale School Boarding in Years 9 in 2025. Applicants can be boys currently in Year 8, attending a school as a day or boarding student in a regional area. Current Year 8, 2024 Hale School students, both day and boarding, are also encouraged to apply.
Boys should send a cover letter addressed to the Headmaster, Dean Dell’Oro outlining why you would like to be a boarder at Hale School. You should detail your achievements, personal skills and community/sport involvement, their latest two school reports and most recent NAPLAN results.
Applications for 2025 scholarships will be opening in May 2024.
For boys entering Year 7 to 11 in 2025. Music scholarships are awarded to candidates who demonstrate exceptional musical ability and potential. The scholarship covers the duration of secondary schooling, subject to satisfactory performance and progress.
Applications for 2025 scholarships are now open.
The Hale School Foundation Indigenous Scholarship program was established in 1997. Its purpose is to offer secondary boarding and day school educational opportunities to Indigenous students from all parts of Western Australia.
Hale School welcomes applications from boys with Indigenous heritage entering Year 7 to Year 10 in 2025.
Applications for 2025 scholarships are now open.
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The Lister Drake Scholarship commenced in 1995, sponsored by the Old Haleians’ Association and assisted by funds bequeathed from the estate of former Deputy Headmaster, Mr Lister Drake.
This Scholarship is dedicated to providing assistance for boys who would enrich Hale School and our community, but whose families are unable to meet all associated costs.
Hale School welcomes applications from students who are in Year 10 in 2024, who are direct descendants of an Old Haleian. All eligible students are encouraged to apply. Applicants do not currently have to be attending Hale School.
Applications for 2025 scholarships are now open.
Students who normally reside outside Australia are invited to apply for the Moez Nomanbhoy International Scholarship for boarding.
The funding for this scholarship has been generously donated by Hale School’s first international student, Singaporean Moez Nomanbhoy, who boarded and completed his secondary education at Hale in the early 1950s.
Boys who are not currently studying at Hale School are invited to apply for 2024 entry.
Applications for 2024 scholarships are now closed.
View and download the International Student Prospectus
Scholarships immediately attract a fee reduction of 25 per cent. In addition, a needs-based approach to further fee reductions is available.
Academic and Music Scholarships require applicants to sit an examination. For more information, go to the relevant scholarship link.
Shortlisted applicants are contacted to arrange an interview with the Headmaster. Scholarship recipients are confirmed, and all applicants will be notified.
View Frequently Asked Questions here.
For further queries, please contact Admissions at admissions@hale.wa.edu.au.
* Boarding and/or tuition fees may be met through a Hale School Foundation Indigenous Student Scholarship or through a combination of a Hale School Foundation Indigenous Scholarship and a Madalah scholarship. Madalah Limited is a not-for-profit organisation that provides support to Indigenous students from Year 7 to 12. These scholarships are administered on behalf of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. For more information, visit www.madalah.com.au. Successful applicants must in all cases be Abstudy approved.
