Outreach work with disadvantaged pupils
Dear Reading School,
I would like to make a request using Freedom of Information rules.
Does your school carry out any outreach work to encourage disadvantaged pupils to access the school? If so, can you send details of any outreach work that took place from July 2021 to date in answer to the following questions.
A) Do you carry out mentoring and/or coaching using outside organisations? If so please specify:
i) the name of the outside provider
ii) whether they provide live in person sessions or online sessions
iii) the predominant activity of the outreach offered eg. test familiarisation, confidence building etc.
iv) the number of disadvantaged pupils reached through this activity.
v) whether the programme is also available to other pupils who are not classed as disadvantaged.
vi) the cost to the school of offering the program.
B) Do you carry out mentoring and/or coaching using your own school resources? If so please specify:
i) whether this uses teaching staff, or teaching staff plus some pupils at the school
ii) whether this uses live in person sessions or online sessions.
iii) the predominant activity of the outreach offered eg. test familiarisation, confidence building etc
iv) the number of disadvantaged pupils reached through the activity.
v) whether the programme is also available to other pupils who are not classed as disadvantaged
C) Please disclose how disadvantaged children are selected for any outreach program.
D) In what year did the school start running an outreach program?
E) Please share reporting or success metrics collected for the outreach programme. Reports, minutes, or presentations relating to this work shared with governors, staff etc.
F) Can you please send the program details shared with parents/schools to describe the outreach offered to pupils. (Leaflets, emails, presentations etc.)
G) Are there any other measures the school takes to facilitate access for disadvantaged pupils?
Thank you very much for any help you can provide with this request.
Yours faithfully,
Joanne Bartley
SENT ON BEHALF OF MR AM ROBSON, HEADMASTER
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On behalf of Mr AM Robson
Headmaster
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Please find attached response to your FOI request.
Kind regards
Caroline Mole
On behalf of Ashley Robson, Headmaster
Dear Ms Mole,
Thank you very much for the helpful reply. Could you just clarify one thing, do you use the FROG online familiarisation portal, or did you do so in the past?
I really appreciate you explaining what you're doing, and it's great that you've boosted the numbers of disadvantaged pupils in your school.
Yours sincerely,
Joanne Bartley
Thank you for your email.
I can confirm that we have used and continue to use Frog Familiarisation.
Kind regards
Caroline
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