Supplementary Schools and out of School Hours Learning in Kensington and Chelsea

Supplementary schools and out of school hours learning in Kensington and Chelsea

www.westway.org/supplementary-schools At Westway Trust we are proud to Our schools help young people to In RBKC, community languages taught support supplementary schools in Learning increase their understanding, improve include Arabic, Georgian, Tigrinya, the fantastic work they do and we without their grades and, most importantly, build Albanian, Amharic and Kurdish. Some have produced this leaflet to provide their confidence in learning. They offer of our supplementary schools have useful up-to-date information about barriers formal revision and booster lessons in developed an even wider range of supplementary schools’ education English, Maths and Science, as well as services and offer youth services, parent and other out of school hours learning Supplementary schools offer extra a range of other subjects not always support and expertise on FGM issues**. tuition for pupils aged between 5-19 providers in the Royal Borough of taught in mainstream school, including: Supplementary schools are available to years. Meeting in term-time after Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC). As mother tongue languages, storytelling, everyone, and anyone can attend, but mainstream school and at weekends, well as a brief history of supplementary drama, IT, cooking, music, trips away, we primarily offer places to those who our schools are run by more than 18 education in the borough there is sports and fitness, and arts and crafts. can’t access other forms of extra tuition. community groups set up by parents information about the benefits that Each school is unique and offers a throughout the Royal Borough of Any supplementary school in the pupils and parents say they get out of it.* range of opportunities according to the Kensington and Chelsea. borough can join the Royal Borough of A directory of supplementary schools priority requirements of the pupils and Kensington and Chelsea Partnership and other out of school hours provision, their parents and the particular skill of Supplementary Schools. Follow the with a description of what’s on offer, sets of teachers and staff. link to find out how to register your can be found on page 12. supplementary school. There is a map showing the www.westway.org/supplementary-schools location of each school Studying together brings many benefits – pupils from Gheez on page 15. Rite Supplementary School.

“I like being in class with my friends …”

* Please note that although quotes are authentic, names to which they are attributed are pseudonyms to protect privacy. **Female Genital Mutilation

2 3 History of supplementary education

The earliest supplementary schools in In Kensington and Chelsea in 1995 a • organising bi-monthly meetings “I think it taught me to be more the UK, known also as community or consortium of supplementary schools • coordinating joint funding applications complementary schools, can be traced was set up to apply for funding and to sociable, it helps you. ’Cos a lot of • planning a schedule of training back 150 years. In the modern era the establish a partnership. The successful people came from different primary first wave of supplementary schools bid enabled Westway Trust to take • support with quality assurance schools. You make new friends and were set up by the Black Education on a coordinating role to support the • bridging with other organisations to that is huge … and you talk to a lot Movement in the 1960s. Their purpose partnership, which includes: increase extra-curricular opportunities more people. So now at university it’s easy to talk and make friends. was to provide extra support in • providing access to classrooms for mainstream subjects and to teach the I think the interaction with others training and for new supplementary is very important.” history and culture of a minoritised schools to start up community. A past pupil • providing curriculum resources. As new migrations of people arrived in the 1980s and 90s the movement expanded. There are now between The opportunity to study collaboratively 3,000 and 5,000 supplementary, in an open and realxed learning space complementary and madrassa schools improves pupils’ attainment and in the UK*, which provide a range of develops wider skills – students at Baraka Community Association. learning opportunities for children and young people under the age of 19 in addition to their mainstream education. They are primarily parent or community-led.

*www.nrcse.wpengine.com/supplementary-education-the-nrc 4 5 Improved learning Benefits of “Before, I used to get really low supplementary Our schools provide easy access to a spelling and maths scores but since wide range of resources not always I’ve been coming here it’s now schools available at home. When learning normally nines or tens.” overlaps what is being studied in Gabriel, Year 5 pupil Supplementary schools offer key mainstream school children have benefits to both pupils and their more time and better opportunity to Comfortable learning space communities. Above all they lay understand subjects. School homework the foundations for children to becomes easier to tackle and new Supplementary schools provide progress in both mainstream concepts less complicated classroom environments where children school and later in their lives. to understand. can feel confident and where their peers will not judge them. Learning with friends provides children with the “What I’ve been able to do through opportunity to study in a collaborative here is amazing. I’ve done so much way and encourages the development stuff ... it’s built my confidence.” of wider skills. Farouk, past pupil

Improved attainment Supplementary Schools offer individual support and opportunities for one-to-one learning with volunteers from local universities. “The volunteers are not that much Children are thereby more able older than you so they help you to move up sets in mainstream because they know how you feel, the school. Extra-curricular activities pressure you feel when you get to enjoyed at supplementary school Year 10, Year 11; they can help you.” enhance other skills children will Ibraahin, Year 10 pupil later need in the workplace such as teamwork and presentation skills.

Individual mentoring and one-to-one learning in action at Baraka Community Association.

6 7 Development “You gain many things from here; Community cohesion of wider skills if I hadn’t come here I would have still Supplementary schools allow children Many of the activities help been a very shy person, so it to develop friendships outside children and young people also builds your confidence.” mainstream school and with other develop the knowledge, Ayoub, Year 6 pupil children from outside their immediate attitudes, skills and area or neighbourhood. behaviours necessary It is also more likely that older, ex- to thrive in today’s pupils will stay connected to their interconnected world, communities through activities such such as problem as volunteering. solving, collaboration Supplementary schools help children and communication. understand their role in society and provide links to many other organisations.

Identity Teaching children about the culture, “I’ve seen a difference in the community or faith in which they way I understand English. Now I live provides them with the sense understand it more and I enjoy going “Lots of people come in from of belonging to their community or … and I’ve seen a difference in my different areas and different extended family and helps children cultures … so you get to interact levels at (mainstream) school.” understand how their cultural Friendships developed outside with different religions and age identities fit into wider society. Ibraahin, Year 10 pupil). mainstream school can transcend groups and to learn how they It makes for self-confident children social and cultural boundaries. socialise.” Here pupils from First Georgian with a firmer sense of ethnic identity, Supplementary School entertain Group interview which can be both hybrid and fluid. the community.

8 9 Children can enjoy other The great outdoors … What young activities such as arts, “We get supervised activities in the crafts and gardening as Ashdown Forest on the people say … demonstrated at Pimento fun stuff annual summer residential. Community Project. to do.” Pupils have said that the supplementary school environ- ment allows them to be able to express themselves, ask questions and access individual support away from the distractions of home, such as television, phones and siblings. Young people have emphasised that friendship and having a safe learning space are important motivators and have a positive impact on learning and attainment.

“The teachers know a lot … and they help us.”

Case study

“It’s not like day school. Mustapha accessed an opportunity You can be yourself here to volunteer at the British Museum and you can feel safe.” through his supplementary school. He describes the impact of working Out of school … in the museum: Many supplementary schools visit “I do four or five different “It helped me a lot in terms of how subjects there.” Hindleap Warren Outdoor Activity I get along with others, meeting Centre, based in the Ashdown Forest people I’ve never met before.” in the heart of the East Sussex “If you know the friends you For Mustapha the experiences countryside. have there and the staff you’re of volunteering at a world-class Residentials are held over two to working with and you’re museum have developed his cultural four days during school holidays and comfortable you don’t mind capital through an improvement offer participating children and young getting something wrong in self-confidence. The opportunity people a range of supervised outdoor because you know you have to put this experience onto his activities such as high-wire, forest people to help you there.” CV is likely to support his skills, climbing and abseiling. Group interview progression further.

10 11 5 Arabic School of Arts & Language 9 Dalgarno Supplementary School 13 Gheez Rite Supplementary School Directory of out Saturday 10am-1pm (term-time only) Saturday 10am-3pm Saturday 10am-2.45pm Chelsea Academy, Lots Road, Kensington & Chelsea College, All Saints Catholic College, of school hours Chelsea, London SW10 0AB Worrnington Road, London W10 5QQ 75 St. Charles Square, London W10 6EL learning Primary & Secondary 3-16 yrs. Primary & Secondary 5-16 yrs. Primary & Secondary 5-16 yrs. Arabic to GCSE level & Art Arabic, English. Extra activities: Maths & Tigrinya, English, Maths, Science Contact: Ouma Alemadi 07595 183 147 English, Mon & Wed 4-7pm, SSRC, Football, Extra activities: Football training & tournament, 1 Al-Amaana Email: [email protected] Fri 4-6pm WSC. Contact: Mohamed Benrahma Saturday 3-5pm Westway Sports Centre Supplementary School Tel: 07950 421 845 Contact: Rev. Kidane Lebasi Saturday 10am-3pm 6 Azza Supplementary Email: [email protected] Tel: 07961 282 267 All Saints Catholic College, School www.dalgarnosupplementaryschool.org.uk Email: [email protected] 75 St. Charles Square, London W10 6EL Saturday 10am-3pm (term-time only Primary & Secondary 6-16 yrs. Eritrean Parents & Into University North Kensington Primary & Secondary 6-14 yrs. 10 Children’s Association 14 Arabic, Maths, English and Science Kensington Aldridge Academy, 1 Silchester Rd., Primary: Tuesday, Thursday & Friday Saturday 9.30am-3pm 3.30pm-5pm Extra activities: Boys & girls clubs inc. football, London W10 6EX (Community entrance) Golborne Youth Centre, Secondary: Monday & Wednesday 4-5.30pm, boxing. Youth Centre, 19 Golborne Road, Arabic, English, Maths, Science, Culture Studies, 2A Wornington Road, London W10 5QW Friday 3.30-5pm London W10 5NY GCSE /A Level Arabic Primary & Secondary 5-18 yrs. The Clement James Centre, 95 Sirdar Road, For adults: Parenting programmes Contact: Mona Deyab 07957 184 601 London W11 4EQ & mothers’ coffee mornings. or Sara Gadin 07944 361 619 English, Maths, Arabic, Science Primary & Secondary 7-18 Email: [email protected] www.mcwg.org.uk Email: [email protected] Extra activities: Art, Drama & Taekwondo Contact: Jamal Ibrahim & Saeed Abdulrahman, Homework, coursework support, mentoring, Baraka Community summer arts programme 2 Almanaar Arabic School 7 Tel: 020 8964 5535 Sunday 9am-1.30pm Association Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7221 8801 or [email protected] MCHC Almanaar, 244 Acklam Road, Monday & Wednesday 5.30-7pm Email: [email protected] London W10 5YG Saturday 2.30-4.30pm Ethiopian Women’s Midaye School Primary & Secondary 4-15 yrs. Arabic Canalside House, 383 Ladbroke Grove, 11 15 London W10 5AA Empowerment Group Tuesday 5-8pm & Thursday 4-5.30pm Tel: 07476 555 868 Primary & Secondary 6-16 yrs. Latymer Christian Centre, Supplementary Schools Resource Centre, 116 Bramley Road, London W10 6SU Al Basheer Saturday Arabic School Maths, English, Science 7 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL 3 Primary & Secondary 5-16 yrs. Saturday 10am-3pm For adults: Parenting skills & exercise classes Primary & Secondary 5-16 yrs. Contact: Abdullahi Ali Homework Club. Call the Centre for times Maths, English, Science Oxford Gardens Primary School, Tel: 020 8969 2608 Oxford Gardens, London W10 6NF Tel: 020 8964 0606 or 07949 727 322 Contatc: Idil Hassan, Tel: 020 8969 7456 Extra activities: Computer & English classes Primary & Secondary 5-17 yrs. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.barakacommunityassociation.com & coffee morning, Tuesday 9-11am www.midaye.org.uk Arabic to GCSE level Contact: Senait Eyob Tel: 07403 344 178 / 07469 238 229 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.eweg.org.uk 4 An-Nisa Community Empowerment First Georgian Primary 5-11 yrs. 12 Supplementary School Arabic: Saturday & Sunday Saturday 10am-2pm 9.30am-12.30pm & 1-4pm Latymer Christian Centre (1st Floor), Earls Court Community Trust (ECCT) 116-118 Bramley Road, London W10 6SU 1A Nevern Place, London SW5 9NR 8 Dadihiye Supplementary Primary & Secondary 3-16+ yrs. 16 Pimento Community Project Maths & English: Wednesday 4-7pm School English, Maths, Science, GCSE Science & Monday-Friday 4.30-6.30pm Chelsea Theatre, 7 World’s End Place, Friday 5-7pm English, History, Georgian language, History, Saturday 10am-3pm King’s Road, London SW10 0DR Supplementary Schools Resource Centre, Georgian Dance, Breakdance, Music All Saints Notting Hill, Extra activities: Boxing, Wednesday 4-5pm 7 Thorpe Close, London, W10 5XL Extra activities: Folk art club. First Georgian 28 Powis Gardens, London W11 1JG & 5-6pm, Chelsea Theatre Primary 5-11 yrs. Maths & English provides immigration advice in collaboration Primary & Secondary 5-18 yrs. & Adult Coffee mornings, Wed 9-11am, (subject to Contact: Dahabo Essa with Armazi Legal Immigration company. English, Maths, Science change), Earls Court Community Trust Tel: 020 8960 4133 Contact: Liana Jikia-Gogritchiani Contact: Doreen Davis MBE Contact: Sana Elomari 07957 451 667 Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 8964 0184 / 07865 044 805 Tel: 020 7243 3066 / 07534 241 268 Email: [email protected] www.dadihiye.org.uk Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

12 13 Prospects Kensington Ltd. Teit Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo GRAND 17 21 UNIO The P. Jeffrey Academy of Supplementary School N CA NAL KENSA Higher Achievement Saturday 1-5pm Canalside 7 20 L ROAD Saturday 12-2.30pm The Space, 214 Freston Road, House Swinbrook Community Centre, London, W10 6TT 145 Acklam Road, London W10 5YX Primary 5-11 yrs. N Primary & Secondary 8-18 yrs. Amharic, Maths, English & EOT English, Maths, IT & GCSE & A Level Contact: Tiemar Temesgen Kensington

support in Maths, English & Science Tel: 07985 268 150 & Chelsea

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Email: [email protected] West London Turkish School W O 9 22 Venture R N I www. prospectskensington.weebly.com Sunday 10.30am-2pm 24 N D MCHC S Centre D G T R A T Y O O M N R A Almanaar Oxford Gardens Primary School, A A D C A R K R O L L R E A Response Computer & K A Oxford Gardens, London W10 6NF A N D A F M 18 S R R R D O D B Homework Club O 2 L Primary & Secondary 3-16+ yrs. B A O D R G Golborne Monday-Thursday 3.30-5.45pm Turkish, Maths. For adults: Turkish 1 O 10 All Saints Youth Centre K Response Community Projects, 300 Old E Contact: Funda Unal Evans Catholic 13 Prospects Brompton Road, London SW5 9JF G D 17 A Tel: 07908 433 197 College R O Kensington R O Primary & Secondary 8-16 yrs. M Email: [email protected] A RE V L UA K SQ E Supplementary C Homework, Maths, English, Science, IT Quiss S A E RL A CH Schools Resource ST Established Status WSHA ST S Q UI T NT AD 23 IN O Centre H R AV Contact: Linda Ogbuehi, Tel: 020 7370 4606 Saturday 10am-4pm E ON E RT L E ST A E E H L Email: [email protected] N C Supplementary Schools D L S A S O S N R 8 15 23 T A D T www.responseprojects.org.uk G SE I Resource Centre, 7 Thorpe S D G A N EL B S I A N T LF E E D E S K R AR S Close, London W10 5XL G O D L D C R S R E E T O S RP O XF N O Rugby Portobello Trust N O E TH A M RD D Primary & Secondary 5-16 yrs. S A A D Oxford A G O 19 E R 3 R G D ER K RI T Monday-Friday 3.30-10pm S B H S Gardens M A A Kurdish, English & Maths A D R C R C A R N O O A O R W L N R 221 Walmer Road, London W11 4EY A O O D Primary T A D A O Contact: Soza Faraj L D R A K M R A 22 P School E Primary & Secondary 5-25yrs. N 16

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Contact: Khadra Said, Tel: 07507 112 580 R 4 O Sloane Location of supplementary schools AD U RO Email: [email protected] GS Square Abbreviations used in directory and on map T KIN in North KensingtonE and (inset right) in MCHC: Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre 5 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea RIV SSRC: Suuplementary Schools Resource Centre ER THAMES WSC: Westway Sports Centre Map not to scale 14 15 NRCSE The National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education (NRCSE) is a national strategic and support organisation for community-led supplementary schools and the wider supplementary education sector across England. The NCRSE Partnerships award a Quality Mark Westway Trust A range of partnerships to supplementary schools which fulfil Val Patterson with other organisations Associate Director increases access to wider qualifying criteria such as Education Services opportunities for children safeguarding, health and [email protected] and young people in safety, child protection Tel: 07917 575012 supplementary schools. and effective teaching and Muna Ali Recent partnerships learning. Coordinator www. nrcse.wpengine.com [email protected] have been with the V&A, Tel: 07701 360 233 Imperial White City, Design Gigi Yacoub Museum, Hindleap Warren Adult Learning Activity Centre, Mousetrap Outreach Officer Family First Nights, MIND, [email protected] EPIC among others. Tel: 020 8962 5741 Joanna Atogdina Grenfell Support Coordinator [email protected] Tel: 07824 141412 Current funding bodies Westway Trust The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea John Lyon’s Charity Left top: A pupil from Dadihiye Supplementary School. Left: An EPCA classroom. Above: students enjoying summer residential week. Cover: A pupil from Gheez Rite Supplementary School.