Bursary Pupil Exit Questionnaire - The Marlburian Club

Name

First Last

House & Dates

Arriving at Marlborough

Did you feel prepared for your arrival? Please rate on a score from 1- 10 with 10 as the highest.

What sort of information did you receive before arrival? Did you feel prepared?

How did you find adjusting academically to Marlborough? Please rate on a score from 1- 10 with 1 as 'very easy’ and 10 ‘very difficult’.

Why do you say that?

How interested would you have been in a short (three day) residential academic and familiarisation course at Marlborough in the summer before your arrival?

How well did you adjust socially to life at Marlborough?

Why do you say that?

Please share any thoughts on what could have helped you to adapt to life at Marlborough more easily.

Do you believe there was anything we could have done to support your parents and family better either before or during your time here?

Your time at Marlborough

Did you have a mentor in the Upper School or an OM? If so, was it helpful? Please outline what worked and what did not in this arrangement.

Did fellow pupils, in house or elsewhere, come to know about your bursary? If so, what were the positives and negatives for you.

Outside of lessons, who did you feel comfortable going to if you needed support in school? Please check any that apply to you.

Would it be helpful to have a specific pastoral bursary tutor as well as your HM and house tutor? By bursary tutor, we mean someone who would be able to help with any bursary related matters, adjusting to life in Marlborough as a bursary pupil and such.

How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

I have made friends with people from different backgrounds to my own

Pupils at Marlborough have a range of opinions about what is going on in the world

Pupils at Marlborough are open-minded

The fact that I was a bursary pupil affected who I mixed with

It is important that Marlborough attracts pupils from different backgrounds

I have learned a lot about the world just from talking to other pupils

At Marlborough I sometimes feel disconnected from the outside world

In what ways do you think you might have benefited from coming to Marlborough rather than your local school?

If you had not attended Marlborough how well do you think you will have done in your studies?

Why do you say that?

Is there anything else you would like to add?