Hafren Junior School : A Case Study
Hafren school is an English medium school for KS2 pupils who transfer from Ladywell Green Infant school which shares the same campus. It is organised in 7 classes of which some are mixed ages. At present there are 180 full time equivalent pupils of which 46% have been identified as Special Educational Needs. 3% or our pupils speak English as an additional language. Our catchment area is pre-dominantly two council estates with a high level of economic and social deprivation. Our current percentage of FSM is 25%.
For the past three year of the RAISE initiative, our programme has been focusing on two main areas:
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For the past three year of the RAISE initiative, our programme has been focusing on two main areas:
- Dance and Drama – we wanted to target pupils who through Socio – economic disadvantage have not had life experiences to enable them to think, write and express themselves creatively and therefore under- attain in areas such as story writing and poetry writing.
- Gardening – we wanted to target and focus on groups who have issues with their behaviour and attendance which is causing them to underachieve in school.
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