The Foundation’s purpose is to enable transformation through the power of education.

We know that the power of education is best harnessed when pupils feel supported to learn and work together. Throughout our schools, we provide opportunities for our pupils and those from the local community to collaborate with our staff and each other, fostering transformational outcomes for everyone involved.

Throughout various mentoring sessions, workshops and specialist subject lessons, we aim to provide benefits and opportunities to as many children in our community as possible.

Specialist Subject Support

Students from CV34 schools attend the Foundation to take part in weekly Science and Food Technology lessons, led by subject specialist teachers and supported by King’s High and Warwick School student volunteers.

These lessons enable both the primary school pupils and our students to practice their technical equipment skills and experience subjects through practical activities.

An example of this specialist subject support includes year groups from Coten End Primary school utilising the Warwick School Science Laboratory every Friday afternoon to take part in a variety of experiments.

A specialist Physics teacher from Warwick School provides the visiting pupils with a short lesson on the scientific background of the experiments they’ll be taking part in, after which they work collaboratively in smaller groups to work on the experiments, supported by our student volunteers.

Through specialist-led co-learning experiences such as these, we hope to increase student’s engagement with their curriculums and enable them to explore subjects more deeply beyond their usual classroom settings. Furthermore, the collaboration between our student volunteers and our partner school pupils develops the communication and confidence skills of all who are involved.

With pupil collaboration at the heart of these specialist support sessions, they enable the sharing of perspectives and can lead to meaningful insights shared between those at different stages of their learning journeys.

 

Saturday School at King's High

Founded with the aim of supporting local year 5 students who require extra help with their numeracy, literacy, and confidence skills. Headteachers at participating schools identify pupils that would most benefit from extra support and send letters to their parents offering them spaces at the Saturday School, free of charge. The school runs during term-time and lessons are planned to align with the national curriculum and recap and revise much of what is taught in the children’s timetabled lessons. Classes are delivered by specialist subject and key stage teachers and are at a much lower capacity than those in mainstream school which enables the students to get much more focused support and creates a space for their confidence and love for learning to grow.

‘’The fact that they feel they can use their skills and apply them when they return to their classrooms is so rewarding. It's watching the confidence in themselves grow that makes Saturday support so worthwhile." -  Rebecca Havard, Saturday School Maths Teacher