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MILLFIELD SWIMMING

SCHOLARSHIPS

Sports Scholarships including Swimming are available for entry to Years 6, 7
and 8 at Millfield Prep and entry to Year 9 and Lower Sixth at Millfield.

MILLFIELD PREP candidate about their goals and aims in swimming and
When applying for a Sport Scholarship at Millfield Prep, other sports.
children are usually required to select multiple sports on
which they will be assessed. If a child is looking at a Sport MILLFIELD
Scholarship with swimming as their sport of choice, they Sport Scholarships at Millfield with swimming as the sport
are required to currently swim with a club, have times on of choice look at the students’ technical ability across the
the rankings list and be county standard. There is the strokes, as well as swimming specific skills such as starting,
option to apply for a specific Swimming Scholarship if a turning and underwater dolphin kicks. If a student is
child swims at regional standard. looking to apply for a specific Swimming Scholarship, as
opposed to a Sport Scholarship, they would be expected to
The swimming assessment for Sport Scholarships at have competed at, or be in line to qualify for, the British
Millfield Prep is a chance for the coaches to look at the Summer Championships as a minimum. Pupils who are
current skills and techniques of the swimmer. All four awarded a specific swimming scholarship are expected to
strokes, streamlining and underwater phases, kicking and fully commit to swimming as their sport.
sculling, starts and turns are assessed. The pupils’ current
training hours, how long they have been in the sport and For more information on scholarships, application
details from parents to better understand the individual are deadlines and assessments, please see our website.
also taken into consideration. The coaches also talk to the

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