Beyond School  Why we need a new approach to school enrichment

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Beyond School Why we need a new approach to school enrichment

21 Nov 2022

Beyond School Contents Summary of the argument 1 Must do better: Our school system is underperforming 9 The case for change: The importance of school enrichment 15 Barriers to progress: What is holding schools back from delivering enrichment? 26 Recommendations 31 Conclusion 40 Beyond School Summary of the argument Summary of the argument Beyond School Summary of the Schools are not just a vehicle. [...] When surveyed by Teacher Tapp, 97% of fee-paying secondary schools ended compulsory lessons after 3.15pm, 87% of schools in the top quartile by affluence (Q1), 79% of those in in Q2, 77% of those in Q3 and just 71% of those in Q4 - the schools in the least affluent parts of the country. [...] As the Department for Education’s research report evidenced, a number of schools, in particular Multi-Academy Trusts who have more financial flexibility, have made a decision to hire a fundraiser in the hope that their efforts will offset the costs of an additional paid employee.52 To help schools build links in the community, and to enable charities to engage with schools locally, new guidance sh. [...] In addition, where teachers are required to be on site, to help with the enrichment provision and for safeguarding purposes, it should be down to the school to decide whether they wish to use enrichment premium funding to reimburse them. [...] This should amount to a huge recruitment drive to get parents to sign up to help in schools, asking them to commit to the days they would help and easing the process of going through DBS checks.

Authors

Francesca Fraser

Pages
48
Published in
United Kingdom