Social and Local Context - Objective 5

Educational inequality

Context of School/Community

How to engage community

Diversity

Get parents involved ASAP

Celebrations

Reading cafes

Positive phone calls

Practical lessons

Coffee mornings

Give plenty of notice

Deprived seafront town

High unemployment - 18.7%

Joint 8th deprivation indices

Seasonal work

Large Portugese community

Polish

Latvian

Former fishing town

GYPA

Larger than average

High EAL

Good SATS results

Good OfSTED, Outstanding leadership

Core Values

High expectations, no excuses, always learning, positivity

Lack of teacher recruitment/retainment

Large gap in school readiness

Access to resources/activities

Significant gaps in progress of FSM compared to non FSM children