READING SCHOOL: EXTENDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH FUTURE STORIES KENDRICK SCHOOL –WIDENING HORIZONS

The aim of our Widening Horizons Project is to work with local primary schools to raise aspirations of local children and to raise awareness of Kendrick School. For those students who are interested in taking our admission tests, we provide a free familiarisation programme for Year 5 pupil premium, service premium and children in care who live in the school’s designated area. The programme starts as soon as you register your child for the admission tests, and includes access to online familiarisation material, face to face and/or online sessions, and workbooks.

We also run a virtual Inspire Club on a Tuesday after school for girls in Years 4 and 5 who meet the Widening Horizons criteria. We have had such positive feedback for the Inspire Club! ‘It wasn’t boring and I had fun!’ and ‘It gave my daughter confidence that she could sit the exam because the familiarisation sessions built on her confidence’. Every Tuesday our students work online with the primary school children on a variety of topics, and once a term we invite Years 3-5 students into Kendrick for face-to-face activities.

Please visit our website or come along to one of the Open Day Sessions on 25th, 26th or 27th April for more information on how to register your child for the familiarisation programme and/or Inspire Club or E: admissions@kendrick.reading.sch.uk