SHINE: Support and Help in Education - @ St Stephen's - SHINE on Saturdays @ St Stephen's works with many children directly affected by gang crime; it aims to ensure that all students achieve the national standard in their SATs and can enjoy high quality extra-curricular activities.

SHINE ON SATURDAY @ ST STEPHEN'S

The grant recipient

St Stephen's Primary School is one of a cluster of six Lambeth primary schools that have joined forces for this project. The cluster serves a community that is in the top 25% nationally for multiple deprivation; around two-thirds of children speak English as an Additional Language.

Some of the schools in the cluster already work together and many currently run out-of-hours activities.

The programme

SHINE @ St Stephen's is for 60 students in years 4, 5 and 6 (8-11 years old). Priority is given to children eligible for Free School Meals, who speak English as an Additional Language and/or whose parents receive the Working Families Tax Credit.

The project aims to:

ensure all participating students achieve a level 4 (national standard) in their SATs
provide high quality opportunities for students to enjoy and achieve out of school hours
develop self esteem, confidence, teamwork, leadership and communication skills
prepare children for their transition to secondary school
strengthen bonds between participating schools.

The funding

SHINE has made a grant for set up and running costs and is delighted to be co-funding this project with the Walcot Foundation http://www.walcotfoundation.org.uk/.

Funding: Ł90,000 to St Stephen’s Primary School, over three years (2010-13)

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By the age of 5, disadvantaged children have a vocabulary almost one year behind that of children from middle income families|The Sutton Trust, 2010||Every year, well over 1 in 3 children receiving free school meals leave primary school with substandard maths and English - around twice as many as children not on free school meals|National Statistics, 2010||Last year, only 27% of students eligible for free school meals achieved five or more A*-C GCSEs (including English and maths) - around half the national average|National Statistics, 2010||Disadvantaged students that do perform well at GCSE are still less likely to go onto higher education at all, let alone to a Russell Group university|The Sutton Trust, 2010||Since August 2000, we have invested Ł14.5 million in projects in London and Manchester||This money is now helping more than 49,000 children from almost 2,000 schools