All information about the 2025 school scholarship

High school scholarships are awarded to pupils attending high school and regional adapted education establishments (EREA). This does not apply to higher education students attending secondary school.

This financial assistance shall be granted on a means-tested basis. It allows eligible parents to cover the costs of their child's schooling (supplies, textbooks, etc.). It is divided into 6 steps which determine the amount allocated according to the number of dependent children in the household and the parents' income.

2025-2026 Campaign Schedule

The national high school scholarship application campaign will take place of 1^er september to october 16, 2025 inclusive. It concerns pupils enrolled in a public high school, a private high school authorized to receive national scholars, or enrolled in the National Center for Distance Learning (Cned).

The grant application must be made by a legal guardian (mother, father or guardian) or a person in charge of the child. A young adult or emancipated person may apply if he or she is not attached to his or her parents' tax home.

How to apply for a scholarship for the 2025-2026 school year?

For pupils attending a public school

If you consented last year to the automatic study of the right to the stock exchange, you have nothing to do. If you have not consented, the request campaign starts on 1^er September:

• on the School-Services portal accessible via EduConnect ;
• by downloading the high school scholarship form and by sending it to your child's establishment with the supporting documents indicated.

For students attending a private school

If your child is enrolled in a private school under contract or authorized to receive national scholars, the application is made using the same form and must be submitted with supporting documents to the secretariat of the enrollment institution by October 16, 2025.

For students enrolled in the National Center for Distance Learning (Cned)

If your child is registered at the Cned, the application is made using the same form, which you must submit with the supporting documents to the Academic Scholarship Service by October 16, 2025.

For students enrolled in the Cned in general and technological high schools, the application is made to the Scholarship Service of the Academy of Rennes. For students enrolled in the Cned in vocational high school, the request is made through the Scholarship Service of the Academy of Lyon.

For more information, see the dedicated page of the Cned.

Award criteria

They are:

• family resources: for the year 2025-26, the reference tax income recorded on the 2025 income tax notice for 2024 is taken into account;
• children attached to the tax home: minor children, children with disabilities or adult unmarried children.

High school scholarship amounts 2025-2026

The allocation scale sets out the following amounts for the 2025-2026 school year:

• Step 1: €495, or €165 by Quarter
• Step 2: €609, or €203 by Quarter
• Step 3: €720, or €240 by Quarter
• Step 4: €831, or €277 by Quarter
• Step 5: €939, or €313 by Quarter
• Step 6: €1,053, or €351 by Quarter

The high school bursary simulator available free of charge on the website of the Ministry of National Education allows you to know if your household can benefit from a scholarship at the beginning of the 2025 school year and gives you a personalized estimate of its amount for each child attending the school.

The scholarship is paid in 3 installments (end of December, end of March and end of June).

Additional premiums awarded according to the student's education

Equipment premium

This €341.71 bonus is paid in one go with the first quarter of the scholarship to first year students of certain specialties of CAP, professional baccalaureate, technological baccalaureate or technician's certificate.

Internship bonus for students who are internal high school scholars

It is granted automatically to all internal national scholarship students, and modulated according to the level of scholarship held by the student. Families don't have to fill out applications. Its annual amount varies from 327 € (1^er step) up to €672 (6^e step).

Scholarship for 16-18 year olds returning to school

Young people aged between 16 and 18 who have left their training and are returning to study for a professional purpose can benefit from a return to study bonus (of €600), in addition to the secondary school grant:

• young people who resume their studies after a school break of at least 5 months;
• young people entitled to a national high school scholarship at the time of their return to school.

The young person must enroll in a secondary school to resume training, inquire about the right to a scholarship from the secretariat of the host institution and then apply for a scholarship.

Merit scholarship

Scholarship students who have obtained a Good or Very Good rating on the National Patent Diploma (DNB) are automatically awarded the scholarship on merit. The aim of this scheme is to provide these pupils with assistance in pursuing their studies. Its annual amount varies according to the level of the grant, from €402 (1^er step) to €1,002 (6^e step).