Channing School

Channing School enjoys enriching partnerships with Highgate Newtown Community Partners (HNCP) and Brookfield Primary School, working together to deliver a whole range of activities. This includes chatting with older guests at monthly community teas, problem-solving sessions organised and taught by Year 12 students for Year 5 and 6 pupils at Brookfield and a Science Club to inspire future boffins. During lockdown, Channing girls also made videos to support Under 5s.

As part of the Highgate school’s Education Plus partnership, there’s an annual summer camp where both fun and education are in the mix. Free places are available for pupils from a number of local primary schools, with a specific focus on those who would not normally have the opportunity to participate in such activities.

The partnership with HNCP has led Channing to reach out to other schools in order to build mutually beneficial and collaborative projects that deliver both academic enrichment and cultural capital. One such exciting development has been through extra-curricular clubs. The Latin Club at the Junior School has been opened up to Brookfield Primary and Yerbury Primary students – leading to fascinating discussions. Debating Club has also had a valuable collaboration with these schools.

Channing Year 10 and 12 students help with reading for the very youngest St. Joseph’s and Brookfield primary pupils at its breakfast club. Other club collaborations with these schools have included German, iBrick, sports and maths problem solving. Staff at Channing find their pupils really value and benefit from these tutoring and problem-solving partnerships, with students citing development of leadership and communication skills – and their own interest in the subjects they are helping younger pupils with. Pupils have also enjoyed the pleasure of engaging with younger children, getting to know them and seeing them progress in their learning.

Channing also collaborates with other local schools to enhance the spirit of community and deliver learning. For instance,

St. Aloysius College pupils join Channing girls for HE events and clubs, including Medical Discussion, Debating, Robotics, and Latin Channing pupils also enjoy the use of St. Aloysius’ specialist facilities for weekly DT and Cookery club sessions. In the same spirit, Channing opens its facilities to other schools and organisations, free of charge, for around 330 hours a year – all adding to the sense of community spirit and educational openness that can bring people together and improve outcomes across this area of London.

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