Henry Burkitt's legacy supports talented young people from the North East to attend Durham School. Consider including a gift in your Will to Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation and create opportunities for generations to come. Write your Will online for free: https://link.dcsf.org.uk/wills2026 or call 0800 773 4014 to arrange an appointment.

Henry Burkitt was a pupil from Bishop Auckland who came to Durham School in 1926. A member of School House, he went on to study at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities.

Like many of his generation, he fought in the Second World War. Henry served in India and the Far East. After the war, he returned to Durham before entering the civil service where he had a long and distinguished career in Whitehall.

Henry was in his early 70s when he died in 1985. In his will, he set up a fund which now provides much-needed bursaries for academic young people without the means to attend Durham School. It also provides further support should they follow Henry's footsteps and go to Oxford or Cambridge. Since 1985, between three to six people each year have been given a Burkitt scholarship. Henry's legacy, now in its fourth decade, has changed the lives of nearly 200 young people - and will continue to do so for many years to come.

Like Henry, your legacy can make all the difference to those that follow you at Durham School or Chorister School.