'It is the work we did through Covid with our students and with their families that has enabled us to travel through that period and still maintain a high standard of educational delivery'
A Nottinghamshire principal has shared plans for the upcoming year as students continue to thrive despite concerns over the cost of living crisis. Kerrie Henton, principal of Stone Soup Academy, is proud of the school's pupils who have overcome obstacle after obstacle and revealed plans to continue supporting students with a new pastoral sixth form.
"We are not putting on courses because we know Nottingham College can provide a breadth of education in terms of vocational subjects that we can't offer. What we are doing is we have a head of sixth form now who supports our students who leave our academy and who have left the academy so we can continue to support them on their journey, whether they are in education work or training.
Kerrie said: "In January we do something called a Stone Soup Award which focuses on how we can support people who were with us who perhaps are on zero hour contracts or are out of work, but have aspirations to do something. Any of our ex students who have left for over a year can apply for an amount of money up to £500 to allow them to do something, it might be to do training, to do a course, or get equipment to do something.
She continued: "Although others are experiencing these difficulties I think it's good for students to shine a light on other people, and so we have started volunteering with Himmah on a Monday and a group of our young people go down and help fulfil food parcels so that they can see the struggles that other people are having. As a result of that we have now become a referrer, so if any of our families and young people are experiencing difficulties, they won't go hungry.
Earlier this year the school was shortlisted for the Times Education supplement wellbeing award and won the EdTech Innovator of the Year award at the National School Awards through its work with virtual reality within the academy.
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