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Wellington College Learning Alliance has had a record year, offering more than 4,200 days of engagement to students and 320 sessions to teachers in its partnership.
Both figures are the highest ever achieved by the alliance, which involves 28 state schools from the local area in both the Student Alliance and Teaching Alliance and a further five just in the TA.
The calendar of events for the Student Alliance included:
- 14 outdoor days aimed at students struggling to engage with lessons
- 6 Oxbridge information and interview preparation sessions
- a medical applicants preparation day
- a law applicants preparation day
- a maths challenge day
- six enterprise days
- Women in Construction day
- STEM Day for 150 students
- Humanities Day for 110 students
- 7 Wheeler Programme study days
- Wheeler Programme residential for 47 students
- Five Wellington Future Founders days
- Three Lego engineering session held in partner schools
- Economics revision day
- Project Boost session for students struggling to engage with lessons
The Teaching Alliance calendar offered:
- 5 Subject Specific Support Groups
- 3 Teach Meets
- 13 different CPD courses
- 5 Professional Learning Group meetings
- Heads and Reps breakfast
- Visits to partner schools to discuss their needs
Paul Jennings, Head of Educational Developments and Partnerships at Wellington College, said: “We have had a very busy year and I’m thrilled we have managed to offer such a broad range of opportunities to a record number of students and teachers.
“We get such great feedback from these events, courses and projects so we know our members really appreciate them.
“I am looking forward to next year when we will run many of these events again, and we will continue talking to our partner schools to see what they need in the current educational climate so we can tailor our help accordingly.”
