SHINE on Saturday @ Tom Hood
The grant recipient
Tom Hood is an Extended Service secondary school in the London borough of Waltham Forest. It has built up a wide range of out-of-school-hours activities and serves a diverse community with high levels of deprivation and low educational aspirations.
The programme
SHINE @ Tom Hood is for 60 students from year 7 (11-12 year olds) at the school. The core target group is students not achieving the nationally expected level for their age on entry to the school.
Latest results
- 20 students recorded over 90% attendance
- in maths the highest progress was two National Curriculum levels
The funding
SHINE has made a grant to part-fund set-up and running costs. Additional funding for project management is provided in-kind by the school.
Funding: £194,425 to Tom Hood Secondary School, over four years (2006-10)
Contact Tom Hood School: 020 8534 3425
"This project will make a real difference to the lives of many children who come from families fleeing persecution, living in over-crowded accommodation, with poor health or in homes where no one is in employment or training."
Children's Centre Manager, Waltham Forest
Quotes
"This project will make a real difference to the lives of many children who come from families fleeing persecution, living in over-crowded accommodation, with poor health or in homes where no one is in employment or training."
Children's Centre Manager, Waltham Forest