Volunteering at Bettridge School

Bettridge is a community-based school for pupils with severe learning disabilities aged between five and nineteen, and our girls volunteer mainly with the younger students, providing stimulating entertainment and learning support and assisting to maintain Bettridge's safe and supportive environment.

Aims

The aim of this partnership is to fulfill Bettridge's need for high staffing ratios and thus help each pupil with their individual needs and ensure that they can learn and develop

Resources

Members of teaching and non-teaching staff are responsible for the administration of the partnership

Pupil Involvement

In this partnership with Bettridge, we send girls from our Sixth Form, aged between sixteen and eighteen.

Frequency

Girls go to Bettridge weekly during their lunchtimes, staying for an hour or more each time