This year we have continued to develop our close relationship with two local state schools with whom we have formal Memoranda of Understanding – Charters School and St Francis Catholic Primary School. St Mary’s engagement with these schools is a matter of normal day-to-day school life and involves both the sharing of resources and the dual use of teaching staff. Our Estates department provides a broad range of help to St Francis, including grass and hedge cutting, leaf clearing and servicing of grounds equipment. St Francis have also used our grounds and pitches for running after school clubs and activities.
Charters pupils attend a Mandarin course at St Mary’s, as well as an after-school Russian club run by St Mary’s teachers for their benefit. St Mary’s provided 11 funded places for pupils from Charters to attend the Medic Portal’s university applications preparation day. Pupils from St Francis come to our science laboratories for a demonstration and workshop run by our staff. The Maths department hosts pupils from St Francis and Holy Trinity for the Primary Maths Team Challenge. St Mary’s provides a safe and exciting venue for the St Francis Forest School on a weekly basis.
St Francis Primary School have the use of our swimming pool (plus four staff) throughout the year for their Year 3 to 5 pupils, and the use of our athletics facilities for their annual sports day. Throughout the hockey season we host tournaments for Berkshire maintained schools at U12, U13, U14 and U15 age groups. In addition, the school provides sports staff to act as lead organisers for the District and County athletics for all schools in the Bracknell district and Berkshire, which involves over 20 schools.
St Mary’s continues to develop its role within the Thames Valley Learning Partnership (www.tvlp.org.uk), an equal partnership of state and independent secondary schools in Berkshire. Our annual International Women’s Day conference is hosted by St Mary’s for all partnership schools. TVLP pupils have also joined talks and presentations at St Mary’s in fields such as Maths, Psychology, journalism, and university applications.
Council planning conditions restrict the use by others of the Orchard Centre (sports centre) and our athletics and hockey facilities.
Details of our arrangements with Charters School and St Francis Catholic Primary School can be found on the Schools Together website.
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