SHINE: Support and Help in Education - @ Oliver Goldsmith - SHINE on Saturdays @ Oliver Goldsmith serves a community in the top 6% nationwide for crime: almost half its students are eligible for Free School Meals and many come from transient families that provide them with little educational support at home.

SHINE ON SATURDAY @ OLIVER GOLDSMITH

The grant recipient

Oliver Goldsmith Primary School in Southwark serves a community that sits in the top 20% nationwide for deprivation and the top 6% for crime. Almost half its pupils are eligible for Free School Meals and many come from transient families that provide them with little, if any, educational support at home. The school itself has a successful track record of very popular out-of-hours activities, including breakfast clubs and revision 'booster' clubs at Easter.

The programme

SHINE @ Oliver Goldsmith is for 60 students in years 4, 5 and 6 (8-11 years old). Students with Special Educational Needs are to receive extra support during the sessions.

The project aims to:

increase students' confidence and attainment
improve behaviour, attendance and attitude to learning
use outings and other experiences to enhance creative writing skills
increase the involvement of students’ parents/carers in their education and the school.

The funding

SHINE is delighted to be funding this project in partnership with The Nomura Charitable Trust, which is underwriting its costs for the first two years.

Funding: Ł180,000 to Oliver Goldsmith 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