An education that maximises the life chances of every student requires a rounded approach that cannot be confined solely to the classroom. Each year, the school identifies certain trips and activities which it would like all students to attend so that their lives can be enriched.

Trips and activities require significant funding and it is an added strain on families whose financial circumstances preclude participation. Students include those in receipt of Free School Meals and/or Pupil Premium. Each year the school raises funds to ensure that no student misses out on potentially life changing and affirming experiences.

This year the Foundation will fund FSM/PP students to attend the following activities where without financial support they would be unable to participate:

• Team Building – an away day to meet their peers and engage with staff in a more social environment for 30 new students in receipt of Pupil Premium
• Duke of Edinburgh Award – 50% subsidy for 32 students in receipt of Pupil Premium to complete the Bronze DofE award (match funding provided by the school)
• Theatre Trips – funding for 70 students in receipt of Pupil Premium to experience a trip to the theatre to enhance their GCSE learning to see a performance of the book or play they study in the curriculum

Trips/activities such as these are considered to be integral to the lifelong education of students.