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

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