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Supplementary Schools
and Community Cohesion
Carole Berry
Supplementary Education Development Coordinator
Lewisham
[email protected]
0774 073 655
www.supplementaryeducation.org.uk
What are supplementary schools?
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Community education projects
Run by parents and carers
From minority ethnic communities
On Saturdays and after school
Teaching NC subjects
Community languages
Cultural & heritage activities
Faith & religious education
From community halls, churches,
mosques, temples and mainstream schools
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Also known as Complementary,
Heritage and Mother Tongue Schools
www.supplementaryeducation.org.uk
Supplementary Education can..
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Raise attainment
Engage parents in school and learning
Keep students safe and positively
occupied
Support the National Curriculum
Provide language teaching and exam
success
Contribute to reinforcing positive
identities
www.supplementaryeducation.org.uk
A further challenge for
schools
‘We passionately believe that it is the
duty of all schools to address issues of
“how we live together”and “dealing with
difference” however controversial and
difficult they may sometimes seem.’
Curriculum Review: Diversity and
Citizenship 2007
www.supplementaryeducation.org.uk
Community cohesion can be
promoted by:
• Auditing provision in local area
• Training and support
• Joining networks
• Establishing common values
• Sharing culture and success
• Governance and staff recruitment
www.supplementaryeducation.org.uk
Further Reading
• Shared Objectives document and more www.continyou.org.uk
• Community Partnerships: Entrenching the Role of
Supplementary Schools - Joan Ryan MP
• Developing Effective Partnerships – Liz Cousins Associates for
Bristol City Council November 2005
• Our Languages: Teachers in Supplementary Schools and their
aspirations to teach community languages
www.cilt.org.uk/commlangs/our_langs/londonmet_report.pdf
• Our Languages Site – Promoting community languages in
complementary and mainstream schools
www.ourlanguages.org.uk
www.supplementaryeducation.org.uk