Westlands School ran an event from 23rd to 27th August following Department for Education guidelines regarding the delivery of a short summer school with a blend of academic and enrichment activities.

The programme aimed to allow new students to build a community with their fellow pupils, forge relationships with new teachers and familiarise themselves with their new school environment as well as enable existing students to benefit from activities planned to help catch up on class time missed through Covid-19 restrictions.
 

Our provision focused primarily on students making the transition to Year 7 who were transferring from a small feeder school (with 3 pupils or fewer) and those with known anxiety issues.  For years 8 and 11 we used internal data to identify those students who have been most affected by in-year lockdowns and isolations.
 

Year 7 and 8 received a carousel of English, Maths and Science lessons in the morning with enrichment activities in the afternoon.  Year 11 had a mixed timetable covering core subjects daily as well as option subjects and enrichment activities.  The table below shows the activities in addition to English, Maths and Science.

All costs and expenses were covered as part of the Department for Education Summer School Funding programme.