Impact of partnership work done in 2024 (ISC annual Census 2025)

• 8 state schools involved
• 501-1000 state school pupils involved
• 300 staff hours given

Impact Statement

Impact Statement for ISC January 2024

We have built considerably on the continued links and relationships with local schools and communities, which remains a central commitment to the school’s aims and ethos. Our involvement with the Cromer and Sheringham Schools Sports Partnership (for about a decade) has increased and been added to, with addition of events with the North Norfolk Schools Sports Partnership. We appointed a new Head of Outreach who has close links with local maintained schools (having worked with them prior to joining Beeston) as well as a key local provider, Active Education. There are about ten separate sporting events over the school year, wherein local teams and clubs make use of the Beeston Hall sports facilities and hospitality, the largest of which is the annual cross country, which numbers 350 children on a single day, plus teachers and parents. Between April and October, the school has an arrangement to transport local primary children to Beeston’s swimming pool for specialist swimming lessons that we provide. French lessons provided for a local primary school and a joint music-making day at Beeston, comprising six schools, are recent additions to the provision of such opportunities. The other events are: hockey, football, netball, a swimming gala, tag rugby, Ultimate Frisbee, Kwik Cricket and dodgeball.

The school has organised a primary schools music day wherein  children from 6 primary school shave worked in separate groups with specialist peripatetic teachers and then come together for a performance at the end of the day. 

Sponsored Music Practice: for the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City. This hospital is run by the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem and provides essential medical care.  Funds would help it obtain emergency medicine, medical supplies and fuel for generators. 

Pupils come from a local primary school to come for a talk and workshop from a children's author (2024 (Sam Sedgman).  

Our Head of Pre-Prep has made visits to local nursery settings and organised termly Go Wild events for local children to attend Beeston Forest School events, with an EYFS focus. In 2023 the same will be the case for the Head of Outreach visiting local schools. Beeston is once again the finishing post (and gathering point) for the Positive Steps Norfolk 100km run in June. Finally, the school provides bursarial support for 20% of the children on the school roll and has provided a fully funded place for a Ukrainian refugee and employment for his mother.  

The impact of these actions are:

i)                    children have access to an all-round education which would be otherwise not open to them

ii)                   children from other schools have learning opportunities in sports not possible on their own school sites

iii)                 increased access to competitive events and competitions

iv)                 increased access to activities dedicated to promoting health and wellbeing (e.g. music ensembles and Forest School outdoor activity)

v)                   the local teaching bodies have access to and share professional advice and experience

vi)                 sports and health benefits are shared amongst the local community, at no cost;

vii)               the pupils of Beeston enjoy a wider frame of reference and more local integration

viii)              both Beestonians and local schools and understand the value of these partnerships.

Scholarships and Bursaries

As before (in Years 3 and 6)