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In addition to enabling practical helping teens develop emotional intelligence cookery to be taught throughout the school, the new facility gives Sixth Form students the 18 Economic Uncertainties Await opportunity to complete the Leiths Introductory time to prepare for whatever the future holds Certificate of Food and Wine. The Cookery School will also be open to the community with regular 20 Profile cookery sessions on Saturday mornings. in conversation with Julian Murphy Sixth Form students made the most of the opportunity to meet with Prue to find out more 34 Alternatives to University ‘Increasingly Attractive’ about her extensive and varied career arising from her main interests of food, business, education implications for schools and writing. Prue Leith started in catering with Leith’s Good Food, followed by Leith’s Restaurant, which won Plus a Michelin Star, and Leith’s School of Food and Wine. She has been a food columnist and has 12 Free tool to tackle staff stress written 12 cookbooks, her autobiography, Relish 22 Keeping pupils safe - update and seven novels, the latest of which, is The 25 Music, Dance & Drama Focus Feature Prodigal Daughter. She was a judge on the Great British Menu (BBC2) series, My Kitchen Rules UK 28 Supporting charity & community (Channel 4) and is now a judge on The Great 30 Benefits of being outdoors British Bake Off (Channel 4). 31 ISA Awards shortlist Pictured: Prue Leith with Lady Jennifer Bland, Chair and owner of Leiths School of Food and Wine in London, and 32 Gaining a global perspective Andrew Gordon-Brown, Headmaster. 35 Changing Faces, Changing Places; Heads Hunted Special anniversary 36 Asbestos alert for science labs A chapel which plays an integral part in the 37 Products & Services; The Digest everyday life of Ellesmere College, Shropshire, has 39 Editorial Advisory Board; Free e-mag Subscriptions; Contact Us marked a very special anniversary. A service was held to mark the 50th anniversary since the reopening of St Oswald’s Chapel at Ellesmere College, following a major fire. The present chapel was designed in 1926 by Sir Aston Webb and only finally completed in 1959 due to limited resources through the 30s and 40s. It was gutted as far as the Chancel Arch in the fire of June 23, 1966. Fire damage meant that all woodwork, with the exception of the roof timbers in the Lady Chapel and cupboards in the Choir Vestry, had to be replaced. The chapel plays host to a number of special services each year, including the Remembrance 25 Music, Drama, & Dance Service Eucharist and Community Carol Service. Independent Schools Magazine 3 Demonstrating the affordability of independent education As soaring nursery fees take their toll on working families, Burgess Hill Girls in Sussex has produced an infographic to show that a place in an independent school for a four-year-old can cost as little as £37 a week. A recent TUC analysis showed demonstrates how a premier And now, thanks to the infographic that there are a that working parents with education is actually within reach Government’s free childcare number of significant savings children under five have seen for thousands of families. scheme for three- to four-year- that should be factored in before nursery fees rise three times It shows that the extended school olds, the £81-per-week actual they make a decision.’ faster than their wages over the cost to parents of a Reception day can reduce childcare costs by Mrs Laybourn added: ‘Of course, past decade, with childcare costs £2,800 per year, while free after- place at Burgess Hill Girls can the decision to educate a child rocketing by 52% per week since school activities at independent be reduced even further by a in the independent sector is 2008. schools represent a saving of maximum of £44 to only £37 a about far more than money. With this in mind, Burgess Hill £350 a year (based on two after- week, or £1,924 a year. For example, the pupil-teacher Girls is reaching out to parents school clubs per week at £5 per Burgess Hill Girls Head Liz to publicise the underestimated club). And with a free breakfast Laybourn said: ‘So many families ratio in independent schools financial benefits of private and dinner factored in, on top of assume that the cost of an is, typically, almost half that of education. The school’s a hot lunch, many families may independent school education state schools, meaning more one- infographic, which details also find themselves £437 (per is beyond their means, but to-one time and more effective potential costs and savings, year) better off. we’re showing in one handy teaching from day one.’ INDEPENDENT SCHOOL FOR YOUR 4 YEAR OLD The independent school sector has never been stronger, yet if you are like a lot of parents you may think an independent education for your child is out of reach because of the costs involved. THE ACTUAL COST CAN BE AS LITTLE AS £37 PER WEEK THERE ARE MORE PUPILS IN INDEPENDENT NOW COULD BE THE RIGHT TIME TO LOOK STANDARD OF EDUCATION IS ALREADY BENEFITS ALSO INCLUDE BUT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING... SCHOOLS THAN EVER BEFORE AT AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL FOR HIGHER AT AGE 4 A NEW HIGH YOUR 4 YEAR OLD 529,164 PUPIL TEACHER RATIO HEALTH PROVISION ACCESS TO FACILITIES “IS IT REALLY BUT MANY ONLY GO WHEN AFFORDABLE FOR HERE IS VS. THEY ARE OLDER... 9:1 16:1 MY FAMILY?” Independent State ONLY 3% OF 4 YEAR OLDS WHY A FULL INDEPENDENT EDUCATION IS 14% OF 16 YEAR OLDS WORTH 2 ADDITIONAL YEARS SENIOR SCHOOL LINKS Source: ISC 2016 Source: ISC 2016 MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE BURGESS HILL GIRLS OFFERS BURGESS HILL GIRLS OFFERS AN EXTENDED SCHOOL DAY ANNUAL FEES FOR A 4 YEAR OLD IN FREE AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS FREE BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND TEA RECEPTION AT BURGESS HILL GIRLS ARE £7800 PER ANNUM OR JUST... BREAKFAST LUNCH £150 A WEEK BURSARIES & SCHOLARSHIPS TEA BURGESS HILL GIRLS OFFERS UNIFORM SALES SAVING £6.70 PER WEEK SAVING £8.40 PER WEEK UP TO 20 HRS MORE EDUCATION PER WEEK SIBLING DISCOUNTS SAVING £54 PER WEEK ON CHILDCARE But an independent education could also include... COST SAVING TO PARENTS HOW MUCH DOES IT COST FOR YOUR 4 YEAR OLD? SAVE EVEN MORE WITH FREE CHILDCARE SCHEME FOR MORE DETAILS WEEKLY FEE COST OF ACTUAL COST ACTUAL COST 15 HOURS FREE POTENTIAL WEEKLY AND REFERENCES SEE: FOR A 4 YEAR OLD ADDED BENEFITS TO PARENTS TO PARENTS CHILDCARE SCHEME COST TO PARENTS £37 OR BURGESSHILLGIRLS.COM £150 £69 £81 £81 £44 £1,924 PER WEEK EACH WEEK PER WEEK PER WEEK PER WEEK PER ANNUM (£7,800 PER ANNUM) 4 Independent Schools Magazine Advertisement Sales: 01242 259249 [email protected] High school welcomes boys for the first time as it heads for diamond model Boys have joined Ipswich High School Advocates of the Diamond Model suggest of both worlds’ diamond model approach. We (previously Ipswich High School for Girls) it provides the opportunity to combine the truly believe the school’s ethos, teaching and throughout the Prep School and Sixth academic benefits of single-sex education with enrichment programme will benefit boys as Form this term as the Suffolk school moves the social advantages of co-education. much as it benefits girls.” towards becoming co-educational via the Oona Carlin, Head at Ipswich High School The school has so far enrolled 16 boys, four ‘Diamond Model. said: “We are delighted to have our first cohort into the Sixth Form and 12 into the Prep This diamond approach allows girls and boys of boys join the school this term. Since we School. Boys will be joining Year 7 in the to be taught together in early years, separately announced that we are becoming co-ed, there Senior School from September 2019. throughout their teenage years and then has been huge interest from parents of boys, Ipswich High School was founded in 1878 and brought back together again in Sixth Form. particularly those who see value in our ‘best is located on an 84 acre campus. ISM’s Q&A with head Oona Carlin Q: Why are boys being included – is it committed to the school following the change. and this passion can be greatly reduced by simply a way of keeping afloat despite There was, of course, some shock but I was so feeling inferior or less confident at Stem subjects. otherwise falling numbers? happy to see that most of our parents were Girls currently out-perform boys at English interested in moving forwards with us – we A: While it’s fair to in both primary and secondary schools.