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Vital Action
Milton Keynes has 104 Supplementary
Schools, mostly run by ethnically diverse
community groups. Many provide young
people with an opportunity to understand
more about their culture, faith and history.
These schools often work in collaboration
with Statutory Secondary Schools and
support core curriculum subjects such as
English and Mathematics. One such group,
which has been funded by MK Community
Foundation, is Friends of the Caribbean.
As part of their many services, they befriend
and mentor 20 young people a year and
provide additional tuition for English, Maths,
and Science to around 50 young people.
Additional tutoring enables students
to better their statutory education,
giving them encouragement to get
involved in further education, as well
as building aspirations and achieving
their full potential.
The lessons are very
understandable. My son took
English and Science lessons with
Julia for a year. He got top grades
in GCSE. My younger daughter is
taking Maths lessons with Ella now,
she has improved her test scores a lot.
Ernestine Brixton (parent)
The additional support has made a
noticeable di昀昀erence in my academic
performance, turning what was once
a challenging subject into one where
I now feel more capable and engaged.
Ashlee (student)
Vital Signs
26% of secondary school
pupils in Milton Keynes
missed 10% of school.
This is double the rate from
2018/19, which was 13.3%.
70.8% of 2 – 2.5-year-olds
in MK are at the expected
levels of the 5 areas of
development versus 80%
for England (Q4 2023) – this
shortfall is mainly around
the areas of motor skills
and personal to social skills’.
Supplementary Schools
in Milton Keynes have
risen from 90 to 104
in the last year.
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