Agenda item

Appendix 3- City of London School, Outreach and Partnerships Report

Minutes:

The Head of the City of London School (CLS) spoke to his report and the following matters were raised:

 

·         The reference to the ‘Samaritans’ in the appendix should have read the ‘Salvation Army’.

·         With the CLS providing a stable rehearsal place for the London Youth Choir, the Youth Choir were able to focus its energies on other matters such as expanding its membership by encouraging young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to get involved.

·         A short video about the Virtual School 10-week partnership programme of activities was shown. The success of the partnership was celebrated by the Board, who collectively felt that the programme had been a resounding success by, amongst other things, demonstrating how many of the Education Board’s aims within its strategies could be met within the boundaries of one project, including combining actions generated by the Adult Education Service, the City’s Independent Schools, the City of London Academies Trust, Culture Mile Learning and beyond.  Members of the Education Board queried how the long-term benefits of this programme would be measured. The Head acknowledged this would be difficult due to the lack of Government Policy supporting the consisitency of placement of young people and the fact individuals who had taken part may consequently move to a different Local Authority. The School and the partners did, however, monitor where they could and maintained relationships where possible with holiday programmes and trips.

·         The Head wished to put an emphasis on the “partnership” aspect of CLS’s work rather than “outreach” which possibly did not reflect the experience gained and lessons learned by CLS pupils and its staff taking part in its partnership work.

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