Under the umbrella of our Shaping our Future campaign, launched in 2018 and successfully concluded this year, we have delivered the following:
MORE SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY – Increased community service opportunities for Paulines, with a four-fold increase in the number of pupils regularly volunteering in the local community, especially in state primary schools on both sides of the river.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF ENTERPRISE – ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s has been a seedbed for entrepreneurs, making us well-suited to spearhead a programme that inspires the next generation of entrepreneurs, both within ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s and in West London as a whole. We founded the West London Schools’ Entrepreneurs Partnership in 2018 to impart knowledge, mentorship, and meaningful opportunities to young people to become the next wave of entrepreneurs. This is now fully embedded within the West London Partnership (WLP) as the ‘Start-it’ Sustainable Entrepreneurship programme which has been used as a case study by both Young Enterprise and the LSE.
EXPANDED PROGRAMMES FOR PARTNER SCHOOLS AT ST PAUL’S – As well as the collaboration within the West London Partnership (WLP), we now offer a wider range of programmes on-site, from sports tournaments for primary schools to academic courses at weekends for pupils from state schools (both primary and secondary) run by staff and pupils. We also support with applications for universities for students who don’t have the same level of support as Paulines. We have doubled the number of STEM holiday courses, with the residential summer schools picking up a national award. We also work closely with St Mary’s Ukrainian School with weekly volunteering and holiday courses at ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s.
BUILDING AWARENESS OF THE BURSARY OFFER – We raise awareness of our bursary offer through a series of initiatives, including our partnerships with schools, which are designed to reach those boys for whom a ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s education would be the right fit. We have also extended our support to the Barnes Literary Festival’s schools programme, which has reached over 15,000 pupils.