We at Recovery Community Services welcome the public to our New Recovery Supplementary School which was officially opened on the 24th of April 2010.

Currently we have 60 pupils who have enrolled in our Supplementary school and are benefiting enormously from this program. Below are the excerpts about the Recovery Supplementary School.

Introduction:

The Department for Children, Schools and Families Bill was set out to ensure that from September 2010, under the “Pupils’ Guarantee”, children in England have the legal right to individualised tuition if they enter KS2 behind national expectations (level 2) and are not making good progress. Year 7 pupils who start secondary school below national expectations (level 4) will be entitled to one to one or small group tuition and their learning will be assessed through a progress check (APP).

As a community based organisation, we at Recovery Community Services have seized the initiative ahead of government’s September start date by setting up the Recovery Supplementary School. Not only do we intend to plug the gap in attainment of under achieving pupils, we also believe that the gifted and talented pupils need to be taken care of in our delivery. Those ‘A’ pupils could become ‘A*’ pupils if they are appropriately challenged and stretched.

The National Strategies:

Ensuring that the right support is in place for all children regardless of class and social background is very important in closing the attainment gap. Government have therefore put in place through the National Strategies Guidance for tutors in implementing one to one tuition. We at Recovery Community Services are going to be guided by this provision, and our staffs have already gone through training in the basics of planning and delivering learning using the national strategies.

Recovery School’s Curriculum:

We follow the national curriculum, and provide for children across the 4 key stages (Age 516).

For the benefit of those not familiar with the key stages, age 5-7 fall within KS1, while age 7-11 falls within key stage 2. These first 2 Key Stages form the primary curriculum.

Age 11-14 falls within KS3 and age 14-16 falls within KS4. These latter 2 Key stages form the secondary curriculum.
We shall make provision for the two compulsory subjects in the national curriculum which is maths and English. As added value we shall provide for ICT, Music and Dance in our curriculum. Who says we cannot have our own community-based ‘X – Factor’ competition that will set the pace for other communities?

Mother-tongue Provision:

It is a known fact that children born to people in Diaspora are often not engaged with the mother tongue of their parents. Some mainstream schools are known to have introduced languages like Yoruba, Punjabi, and Urdu etc as a way of arresting this concern. It is our hope at Recovery Community Services to introduce relevant mother tongues in our curriculum in the nearest future.

Our Staff:

We have implemented our Recruitment Policy in engaging qualified and motivated staff and Volunteers to deliver the best learning experience to our pupils. All our staffs are CRB checked, and conversant with Safeguarding Policy, Health and Safety Policy, Child Protection Policy and other policies that operate within a normal school setting.

Health and Safety:

Our own is a welcoming environment, and there is provision for wheelchair access and a fully functional lift system, Though we are not under any obligation to provide lunch to our pupils because of the short contact time of only 2 hours that the school is open to them, we may give snacks and drinks as provided by friends of our project from time to time. However, we make sure we only accept this gesture from reputable and government registered catering organizations with staff trained in Food and hygiene. We also ensure that our staff are properly trained in serving food items to our pupils. Therefore we shall request parents who approve their children and wards to take part in food and drink to sign a form of consent

Free Tuition?

This has been the most common questions from parents anytime they phone in. As we have stated in our handbill, the School will be free, but for the first one month. You will agree with us that in order to retain qualified staff that will provide the best Learning experience to our pupils they will need to be well motivated. It is our intention to apply for educational grant or funding that will make it possible for us to significantly subsidise whatever we ask our pupils to pay after the one month grace.

When funding is in place, we will only charge £10.00 per pupil per week in order to cover our costs. For those who have 3 or more children in the school however, we shall give £5.00 discount per week. We welcome donations which will be thankfully received and this will go a long way in helping us provide the best learning experience to our pupils.

Address

We are located at 71—73 County Street, off Harper Road, Elephant and Castle, SE1 4AD, London
Nearest Tube Station: Elephant and castle Tube Station
Tube: Northern Line, Bakerloo Line
Bus: 1, 53, 181, 453, 155,
The School operates every Saturday’s only.
Time: 12.00 pm —2.00pm