Impact of partnership work done in 2025 (ISC annual Census 2026)

• 13 state schools involved
• 1001-2000 state school pupils involved
• 200 staff hours given

Impact Statement

King's Ely appointed a full time Director of Outreach in September 2018 to further develop the already established links with local state Primary and Secondary Schools in Ely and the surrounding area. In the Michaelmas Term 2018 a Collaborative Educational Partnership with two state secondary schools and with one local primary school was formalised. This partnership has been endorsed by the Director of Education for Cambridgeshire following his meeting with the Principal of King's Ely and the Director of Outreach. The Director of Education Jonathan Lewis, The Principal of Link's Ely and the Director of Outreach will expand the partnership this term, to include additional state schools within the East Cambridgeshire area.
The Director of outreach (DOO) attends the local Opportunity Area seminars and the local Primary partnership breakfast meetings. The vision statements for the partnership have included several of the government's priority statements for the East Cambridgeshire area and the DOO is on the steering group with Festival Bridge to develop the cultural offerings to pupils within the East Cambridgeshire area.

The school has made the following outreach and partnership opportunities open to local schools
1. Local state schools children have attended the performance of "A Christmas Carol" led by Quantum Theatre Company

2. Local state schools have spent a day in the Cathedral with the music staff and visiting professionals for a music festival "Be a Chorister for the Day"

3. King's Ely music staff have visited a newly established local state school with the King's Ely Junior School Choir to encourage boys to sing, join a Choir and gain enjoyment from singing

4. A member of the Modern Language Department organised an Erasmus information afternoon for state school teachers for them to gain an insight into the programme, to identify how it might work for their school and find out how to apply for a grant

5. Several STEM events have taken place at King's including the European Chain Reaction morning. Four state schools joined took part in the event which was filmed and submitted as a collaborative entry for the European competition

6.Specialist computing staff have visited several local Primary schools and led robotic programming lessons for pupils

7. KEJ has run masterclasses for local Year 5 and Year 6 aged children. They have been running for about four years and have covered Science, Art, Pottery and English enrichment

8. King's average annual expenditure to our top 10 local suppliers range from £42,981.95 -£91,484.14 per annum totalling £696,571.01 overall. The school aims to support local businesses in the city eg books are purchased from Toppings book shop for prizes for Speech days and book tokens for competitions such as the annual writing competition. Tindall's stationery providers supplies the school with display materials.