Partnership and Community Engagement Brochure 2023

Shrewsbury School 

Partnership and 

Community 

Engagement 

2023 Edition

Contents 

Widening Access & Helping Children Through Boarding 6 

‘The Shewsy’- Shrewsbury House, Everton 10 

Working with Charities, Service and Volunteering 14 

Working with the Schools Together 20 

Academic Partnerships 22 

Maths Project 26 

Raising Aspirations 28 

Contributing to Teacher Training 32 

Governance 36 

Widening Participation in Sport 38 

Encouraging Communities through Activities 42 

Sharing Facilities and Supporting the Local Economy 46 

STEM Potential 48 

DarwIN Festival 50 

Introduction 

Our award-winning programme of Partnership and Community 

Engagement is central to a Shrewsbury education. All pupils and staff 

benefit from the experience of outreach, caring for and connecting with 

others, and developing a strong sense of social responsibility. 

We believe that it is important for the School to play its part in 

striving for a fairer society and to improve the life chances of children 

beyond the immediate community of Shrewsbury School. We share 

opportunities and experiences and gain learning through mutually 

supportive partnerships. By exchanging ideas and good educational 

practice we learn and play a part in improving outcomes for all 

children. By widening access, and removing barriers to entry, we create 

a more diverse pupil population at Shrewsbury School. 

Through a broad and evolving programme of community engagement, 

we contribute to the betterment of the society of which we are part. 

These pages are both a summary of the vibrant programme we are 

delivering - and a call to action as we commit to developing this 

programme in the years to come. 

Leo Winkley 

Headmaster 

The Shrewsbury School community dedicates enormous time and energy to the 

development of strong partnerships - we are always looking for ways to share expertise 

and to harness our enthusiasms for mutual benefit. 

Whether building strongly and creatively on foundations laid in 

1903 at the ‘Shewsy’ in Everton, supporting the vital work of the 

Youth Club there, or starting brand new projects with schools locally 

or nationally via virtual initiatives, care settings or charities, we are 

always aiming to find partners with whom to collaborate for the 

greater good. 

It is a source of quiet, but genuine pride to the School that we were 

joint winners of the 2020 Independent School of the Year Award for 

Community Outreach - recognition for the breadth and quality of 

the work done by the Salopian community in this area. Since then we 

have continued to develop and enhance our programmes, with many 

new partners engaged. 

Every successful project - whether recognised with accolades or largely 

gone unnoticed - belongs to all those involved - it is testament to the 

fact the School and its many wonderful partners can together achieve 

great things. 

Stuart Cowper 

Head of Partnership and Community Engagement 

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Widening 

Access 

Shrewsbury 

House 

(The Shewsy) 

1,250+ hours 

worked annually by 70 

staff and 200 pupils 

£2,731,977 

Bursarial Support 

in 2020/21 

194 pupils 

supported additionally 

by Shrewsbury School 

1,000+ 

pupils and staff 

took part in the Whole School 

Sponsored Walk, raising over 

£78,000 

DfE Systems 

Partnership 

Symphonic 

Sundays 

Kindness and Volunteering 

£110,000 

raised for 20 charities 

in 2021/22 

120 

pupils supported Food 

Bank Plus 

180+ 

pupils actively engaged 

each week in volunteering 

1,000+ 

staff hours volunteering 

annually 

£ 20,000 

£20,000 

DfE grant 

funding for 

Maths and 

Careers 

expansion 

offered to over: 

50 primary 

schools 

20 secondary 

schools 

Plus new Sinfonia 

Programme to 

support beginners 

200+ 

pupils supporting one-off 

volunteering activities 

Widening 

Participation in Sport 

200 Cricket Festival competitors from state sector 

15 dedicated athletes from state sector 

200+ staff hours supporting Shropshire Netball, Hockey, and Football 

850 4-14 year olds attending Swim Academy ‘Learn to Swim’ Programme 

600 pupils from 15 primary schools use the pool annually 

120+ staff hours supporting partnership sporting events 

200 adult and 40 junior members from the local community use our Squash Courts 

Working with 

Schools Nationally 

STEM Potential - 300+ staff 

hours annually to plan and deliver 

wider access to STEM degree courses 

with Imperial College London 

Expert Ed - 250+ hours given 

to National Virtual programme 

supporting Year 5-9 education, 

careers and enrichment 

Cultural 

Programme 

and Events - 

Art, Dance, Music 

and Singing: 

20 staff delivering 

750+ hours to over 

300 pupils from 

primary and secondary school and 

wider community engagement 

Working with 

local schools 

Opportunities offered to 

5,000+ pupils 

across 80+ primary and 

secondary schools 

1500+ hours 

of academic support from 1-1 mentoring, 

class-based, virtual programmes, 

lectures and conferences. 

14 Staff Governors 

at 22 state schools 

Futures: 

Careers, Advice and 

Guidance 

2,000 students from 30 

schools provided with access 

to Futures events 

225+ staff hours supporting 

Oxbridge, Medical and Veterinary 

applications with mentoring, tuition 

and admissions support in 2021-22 

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Widening Access & 

Helping Children 

Through Boarding 

Transformative bursaries 

to widen access to 


Shrewsbury School awards charitable grants in the form of bursaries 

in order to broaden opportunity and to ensure that the benefits of an 

education at the School are accessible to those who do not have the 

means to pay the full fee. 

This enables us to increase the diversity of 

our intake and to assist with social mobility, 

ensuring that our student body is enriched. 

Bursaries are funded from charitable 

donations, commercial activities, modest 

income from the School’s endowed funds, 

and from School fee income. 

Stronger Together... 

The number of means-tested awards has 

risen from 130 in 2016-17 to 194 in 2020-21. 

The value of means-tested awards has risen 

from £1.75 million in 2016-17 to £2.73 

million in 2020-21. 

In total £3.9 million of fee remission was 

awarded in 2020-21. 

Transformative bursaries are available to 

those in need of 75%+ remission. 

We work closely with the Royal National 

Children’s Springboard Foundation, one of 

the leading social mobility charities. 

Positive Opportunities... 

Looking forward the School will seek to: 

Increase the number of transformative bursaries to 40 by building a 

designated fund by 2030, through philanthropy, fundraising and the 

development of alternative income streams to fund transformative 

bursaries 

Work with educational charities promoting social mobility 

Work with local authorities to explore ways of supporting children in 

care and on the edge of care. 

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Benefits and Impact... 

While I cannot speak for all students, from personal experience I believe that the vast 

majority of those who receive significant bursaries will not only make the most of what 

Shrewsbury has to offer, but will also endeavour to contribute to school life. Stemming 

from my gratitude, I certainly felt a strong desire to ‘pay back’ in any way I could, and to 

achieve not only for myself but for the sake of the School and those members of staff who 

had believed in me. I will always remain enormously grateful to The Schools for granting 

me what was, without a doubt, a ‘transformative’ opportunity - made possible by that 

90% reduction in fees. I cannot stress its benefits enough, and I sincerely hope that other 

students will receive a similar gift. 

Esmé O’Keeffe, (MSH 2013-15) Academic Scholar and transformative bursary recipient. Esmé 

joined as a Sixth Form entrant. Amongst other achievements she became the first female Head 

of School, captained the 1st XI hockey team and secured a place to read Latin and French at 

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. 

Her two years in the Sixth Form saw her move from strength to strength and the 

confidence gained from the motivational and nurturing environment of Shrewsbury led 

to a degree from Cambridge and further post-graduate studies in Paris. The Shrewsbury 

bursary also afforded Esmé an incomparable opportunity to meet and work with many 

highly educated, interesting people, many of whom have become close friends. So, an 

enormous thank you from the O’Keeffe family. 

Kay O’Keeffe, Esmé’s mother 

At the beginning of my time in Shrewsbury School I did not fully realise how impactful a 

music award such as this could be - so many opportunities appeared for me at the school, 

so many doors were opened because of it... 

The fact that I was boarding at the school also made a huge difference - I was constantly 

involved in life at the school, I was able to practise and study on a regular basis each day, 

I had valuable educational contact with teachers from different departments around the 

school and was able to build long-lasting friendships with other pupils. Being accepted 

at the school not only as a music scholar, but as a full Charles Burney scholar gave me 

an everyday incentive to be most productive, to improve as a musician, to flourish as a 

person... 

As far as life after the school is concerned, it must be said that it is very unlikely that I 

would have gotten to the point of being a Master student at the Royal Academy of Music, 

if it weren’t for the scholarship I had at Shrewsbury School. I had enough freedom at 

the school to concentrate on studying the piano and piano performance, and the time I 

spent gaining experience, building personality, contacts, acquiring knowledge on so many 

different subjects, is irreplaceable. I do believe that my experience in Shrewsbury was a 

crucial step forward in my musical upbringing and I would like to take this opportunity 

to express my gratitude to the entire governing body at the school for their support and 

care throughout the years! 

Galin Ganchev, (Moser’s 2010-15) Music Scholar 

Galin’s achievements as a scholar in Shrewsbury, the mentorship which he received, the 

contacts he made and the experience he had, would have been difficult had he not studied 

at this particular school! He grew as a concert pianist, he acquired diverse intellectual 

skills and after he finished his education at the school, we were happy to see a mature, 

young man, prepared for life. 

Megi and Gancho Ganchev, Galin’s parents 

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‘The Shewsy’- 

Shrewsbury House, 

Everton 

Founded by teachers from Shrewsbury 

School in 1903, we have been 

working in close partnership 

with The Shewsy for 

over 120 years 

The Shewsy serves the Everton community, supporting young people 

and nurturing potential, true to its motto of being a place ‘where 

people matter more than things’. 

Links between the School and The Shewsy remain strong at leadership and management level and in 

terms of financial support. Every five years the whole school embarks upon a 20+ mile sponsored walk 

over the Shropshire Hills of the Long Mynd to raise money to support social workers at the club. At 

Christmas the Salopian Community supports The Shewsy’s ‘Big Give’ fundraising campaign. Working in 

partnership with the Shrewsbury House Trustees we helped recruit and appoint a new Senior Executive 

Officer to enable further development of the programmes and the provision at The Shewsy. We continue 

to develop projects enabling young people from the School and from Everton to come together to share 

experiences and to widen horizons. 


We are always looking to bring young people 

and staff together for mutual benefit, with 

current activity including: 

5 Social Studies residential trips per year 

to The Shewsy - 60 Lower Sixth students, 

attended for 2 days per trip. 

Senior School pupils organise a fun day to 

the school for Youth Club members. 

All Third Formers visit The Shewsy as 

part of The Base Programme. 

Shared ‘Talargerwyn Residential’ in 

Snowdonia for 24 young people at Easter. 

Summer residential at the School for up to 

30 members of The Shewsy. 

Sporting fixtures between the School and 

The Club. 

70+ staff actively engage with The Shewsy 

annually for over 1,250hours - from 

governance, fundraising, residentials and 

accompanying visits. 

Joint venture to Africa supporting Medic 

Malawi in 2021. 

Visits to the School of key members of 

The Shewsy team - participation in chapel, 

assemblies and classroom. 

Shrewsbury School leavers have the 

opportunity to take up a Gap placement at 

The Shewsy before going to university. 

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Benefits and Impact 

Illustrating the impact of our 

partnership work on The Shewsy 

and our pupils: 

We’ve been very fortunate in our link and the fact that it seems to be going from strength 

to strength... at the moment it’s probably at an all-time high in terms of the positive 

working relationship that we have... 

John Dumbell, Senior Youth Worker 

The link between Shrewsbury School and The Shewsy in Everton undoubtedly helps a lot 

of children and families in Liverpool, but it is also safe to say that we, as pupils here at 

Shrewsbury School, have also benefitted hugely from this programme. After asking past 

participants about what they learnt from this programme’s activities, our entry committee 

has concluded that pupils, after the study trips, have gained a better understanding of 

the huge economic disparity within the UK, how to deal with tricky situations, the 

importance of community and a safe space during childhood, and also ways we can help 

others despite our young age. 

Milton Tai, Lower Sixth Pupil, Shrewsbury School 

Shewsy School links: Our links with Shrewsbury School continue, and congratulations to 

club member and Shewsy School scholar Josef Rooney-Magee on being awarded Under 16 

player of the year in the Shrewsbury School football awards (2019). It has been a pleasure 

to have Chad Usher from the School on a gap-term placement at the club from September 

to November; it has been great to see him grow in confidence during his time in Everton. 

Also that you Zainab from the School who spend 2 weeks volunteering at the club during 

half-term. 

Everton Telegraph, Christmas 2019 

Now I am in my second year. The past year absolutely flew. I have met the most amazing 

people in the world and I would not change anything. Getting the opportunity to 

come here is a dream come true. The doors that have opened for me by coming here is 

something else. 

J. Rooney-Magee, Upper Sixth Pupil - 

‘Shewsy Scholar’, Shrewsbury School 


We are looking forward to our continuing partnership with The Shewsy 

which will: 

Celebrate 125 years in 2028 

Help create finance for the future through fundraising activities - such as 

our five-yearly whole school sponsored walk on the Long Mynd and support 

for the Big Give Campaigns 

Support the leadership of The Shewsy to develop further 

Continue to support young people in Everton. 

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Working with 

Charities, Service and 

Volunteering 

Volunteering is an important 

feature of a Shrewsbury 

Education 

We are keen that Salopians develop a genuine sense of social 

responsibility whilst at School, such that this will remain with them as 

they go out into the world beyond our gates. 

Students take the lead through house-based and whole-school fundraising activity as we 

support a wide range of charitable causes close to home, nationally and internationally. 

Time is also built into our weekly routines for service and volunteering, with many cocurricular 

opportunities to contribute to the local community with long-established 

projects working alongside new ones as need arises. In many cases new projects spring 

from the initiative, enthusiasm and commitment of our students. 


Through fundraising for charities, service and volunteering our 

community is engaged in a wide range of activities including: 

With Age UK (Shropshire, Telford and 

Wrekin) a tea party for 200 guests to 

celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. 

The Royal Shrewsbury School Hunt 

(RSSH) Running Club raised funds for 

an orphanage in Kenya as part of ‘Restart 

Kenya’, which they then visited during 

their Africa Tour in December 2019. 

Undertaking additional fundraising 

activities for 25+ charities, raising £64,000 

in 2019/20, £71,000 in 2020/21 and 

£110,000 in 2021/22. Activities included: 

• Half-marathon - Salopian Community 

Team 

• Termly Non-Uniform days for local 

charities 

• Virtual ‘240 in 40 Round the World’ 

challenge - in support of House 

nominated charities 

• House Singing fundraising effort - virtual 

appeal in support of The Food Bank 

• Jazz Concert for the Food Bank 

• All-night activity challenge for Restart 

Kenya 

• Events supporting humanitarian appeal 

for Ukraine 

• Art Exhibitions 

• Music Concerts 

• Chapel Collections. 

Thursday afternoon volunteering (180+ 

students) in local primary schools, 

Severndale Specialist Academy, charity 

shops, care homes, hospitals and other 

medical contexts. 

Field Day volunteering, supporting 

Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Shropshire 

Council, Cuan Wildlife Rescue and the 

Cavalier Riding Centre. 

Pupils and staff volunteering at Christmas 

to provide festive hampers at the Food 

Bank. 

A number of students gained a qualification 

in working with adults with dementia, via 

the ‘Kissing it Better’ charity. 

Global Social Leaders, Refugee Homework 

Club, Elderly Tea Party, Foodbank 

Christmas Fair, Frailty Ward Christmas 

visit, Books2Africa. 

Third Form activity programme called 

‘Base’ where all pupils visit the local Food 

Bank Plus and The Shewsy. 

Supporting St Chad’s deliver ‘Sunrise 

Breakfast’ for local homeless on Sundays. 

Sports Leaders - Fourth and Fifth Form 

pupils supporting sport in Primary Schools. 

Duke of Edinburgh award scheme 

activities. 

Third Form Outdoor Week - pupils 

working at The Shewsy, and conservation 

work for Shropshire Council and 

Shropshire Wildlife Trust. 

‘Concert Party’ - 14 students visit care 

homes, local hospitals and primary schools 

to play music and sing. 

Support literacy by providing readers in 

local primary schools. 

Mentoring Kenyan orphans virtually 

working with Restart Africa. 

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Benefits and Impact 

Our community of pupils and staff have 

raised money for many charities: 

2022: £85,000 raised with 

Big Give at Christmas 

2021-22: £110,000 raised 

2020-21: £43,000 raised 

with The Shewsy, in the 

‘Big Give Campaign’ 

I just wanted to say how impressed I was yesterday with you all. Your interaction with the 

Refugees was outstanding and you all did a great job. 

Amanda Jones, ‘Shropshire Supports Refugees’ 

In the morning, we went to Woodfield infant school, where we got the opportunity to 

work alongside younger kids. As expected, it was very different from volunteering in an 

elderly care home. The classroom I was in had children aged 5 to 6. They were all very 

energetic and playful kids, constantly talking , some of them were screaming or crying. 

Despite it being so chaotic, the teachers were able to maintain control in the classroom. 

3-D shapes were being taught on the day, and I got to build some models of 3-D shapes 

with the kids. They were smarter than I expected, and managed to pick up some of the 

harder shapes that I asked them. During break time, I ran around the playground with 

some of the kids in the class. They were all very happy I’d talk to them and play with 

them, and it was equally enjoyable for me as well. 

Lower Sixth volunteer 

It was a pleasure to have your students. I’ve had really positive feedback from all the staff 

they worked with. 

Deputy Head, Woodfield School 

This is the second academic year that we have had 2 students on placement with us at the 

Barnabas Community 360 Project which also includes the Foodbank Plus. 

The main aim is to provide students some insight as to what services the project offers to 

clients. They include not only the Foodbank but a garden and woodwork group, a 6 week 

cookery course, walking group, debt advice and a programme helping clients to get back 

into work which includes computer skills advice, applying for jobs, interview techniques 

and each person has a mentor. 

The students on placement work alongside clients from Easter onwards in the gardening 

project and outdoor activities and from September help with the newly formed Cost 

Club where clients who are usually isolated come to an informal group to chat, have tea 

and cake and do some sort of activity/hobby which the students have started to plan 

themselves. The students have also helped out in the food bank and sorting out suitable 

clothes for clients to have to attend interviews. 

The students have made a valuable contribution to the project, are always enthusiastic, 

relate well with clients and adapt to the different activities. Most of all the clients are 

always pleased to see and chat to them. 

Jacqui Blanchard, Barnabas Community 360 Project 

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We enjoyed working with Shrewsbury School staff Stuart Cowper and Naomi Pritchard, 

nothing was too much trouble for them to organise ensuring our older people had a 

wonderful day out. The day itself was superb with a lovely atmosphere and plenty of 

activities on offer to entertain people. For me, the highlight of the day was watching the 

students interact with the older people ensuring they had a wonderful time by chatting to 

them and waiting on them. It was super special to see young and old dance together too. 

Emma Wilde, Manager of Wellbeing Services for Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin 

I am pleased to give feedback on the young ladies who have visited our residents on 

Thursday’s throughout term time. 

Jennifer, Kaitlyn and Emilie have been a real asset during their visits. It is not easy to keep 

up to 14 residents, all of varying personalities, entertained so they are to be congratulated 

for their efforts. 

The role they are allowed to play within the home can be limiting but that has not stopped 

them from creating a positive atmosphere and throwing themselves into activities during 

their visits. 

I have received only positive feedback from the staff and feel that you can be quite proud 

of the way in which each of the young ladies represent the school. 

Our residents value any contact that they have outside the home and Jennifer, Kaitlyn 

and Emilie have no problem sitting, one to one, and chatting, which can be daunting for 

young people sometimes, but all three young ladies have taken it in their stride. 

Whatever chosen career path they take after school I have no doubt they will be happy 

and successful. 

Sandra Robinson, Senior Administrator/Placement Coordinator 

They are polite, welcoming and supportive towards the children when reading with them. 

They follow task instructions and ask appropriate questions around the story they are 

sharing. It has been beneficial to all children having this additional reading support. 

Mount Pleasant School 

Today’s session at Briarfields was quite eventful. We went around the care home surveying 

the residents about their life and Briarfields, it was clear to see that everyone had different 

personalities as some residents were much more talkative than others. They all had similar 

views towards the care home but most of them had the desire for more entertainment 

services. I very much enjoyed talking to all the residents as they were all very friendly and 

willing to engage with us. The staff at Briarfields have also been very helpful in getting 

us settled in and making sure that we know our way around the house. They have also 

directed us to have short chats with different people of different backgrounds, I found that 

it was very interesting talking to all the different residents about their lives. 

Lower Sixth Volunteer 


We will be continuing to grow our support for charities, services and volunteering through: 

Incorporating even more volunteering, service and charity work into our Thursday activity 

programme, to ensure greater year group/ whole year group participation 

Increasing the scope of our Thursday activities programme across all year groups to support more local 

services and charities 

All school boarding houses will have a nominated charity or service project. 

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National 

Partnerships 

Shrewsbury is a Champion of the School 

Partnerships Alliance, promoting crosssector 

collaboration to extend opportunity 

and drive system improvement 

and partnership between state and 

independent schools. 


The Headmaster is a founding trustee of the School Partnerships Alliance, a national 

charity promoting excellence to state and independent schools partnership work. Our 

commitment to this work is fundamentally based on our strongly held belief that both 

sectors can work closely together for the mutual benefit of all schools, sharing ideas and 

practice for the benefit of all children and teachers. 

Our commitment to this work over the past year includes: 

We are delighted to be a Royal SpringBoard 

school working to support children 

from challenging circumstances through 

transformational opportunities and fully 

funded places at the School. 

We are also actively involved in pilot work 

with Royal Spring Forward, looking at a 

mentoring programme to support students 

with their HE aspirations. 

Contributing more than 50 case studies to 

the Schools Together partnership website 

to support the sector highlighting its wider 

educational mission and impact. 

Working with Oundle School, Marches 

Academy Trust and Imperial College 

London to deliver our collaborative STEM 

potential programme to talented year 10 

students from across Shropshire. 

Delivering virtual academic enrichment, 

careers guidance and inspirational speakers 

to Year 5 to Year 9 students in schools across 

the country as part of the steering group of 

‘Expert Ed’. 


This work enables the School to work closely with partners in both the state and 

independent sectors. Together we can share the best educational practice and provide 

young people with wider opportunities. At a national level, we influence policy and help 

drive school improvement and enhance life chances. 


We are looking forward to continuing to work with the School Partnerships 

Alliance to: 

Develop a partnership with Alpha Academy Schools in Stoke-on-Trent 

Network with other schools to actively share ideas and best practice 

Develop a greater collaboration with Local Authorities - Shropshire and 

others in the region 

Further work with charities - Royal SpringBoard, Into University 

We work with ISC, BSA and HMC. 

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Academic 

Partnerships 

Shrewsbury School has a long history of working collaboratively with 

other schools to support teaching and learning. Many of our academic 

faculties have links with primary and secondary schools in the local area. 

Bespoke support is regularly offered to individual students who might be seeking extra help and guidance 

making an application to a competitive course at university. Currently a number of academic projects and 

partnerships are under development as we look to broaden and to deepen our collaborations in this area. 

Enriching and supporting 

pupils development and 

achievements 


Examples of recent and current work include: 

Shrewsbury Dialogues, our Academic 

Lecture Programme, is shared with other 

schools and our local community. 

Expert Ed - In the national steering 

group supporting independent and state 

partnership to provide free academic 

extension and enrichment, careers guidance, 

keynote speakers and homework clubs to 

support families - offered free at point of 

use. 250+ hours supporting Expert Ed. 

20,000 pupil engagements from 44 schools 

nationally. 

Hosting French masterclasses and Spanish 

support classes to students from The Priory 

School. 

Over 250 hours of language support in 

French and Spanish including extra tuition 

for more state pupils and native speaker 

support for GCSE oral exam preparation. 

Holding ‘Inspiration Days’ delivering 

Maths lectures and workshops. 

Inviting local schools to attend our 

Business and Economics Day Conference. 

Opening access to our guest lectures for 

our: 

• Geographical Society 

• Shropshire Astronomical Society 

• Darwin Society 

• Bastille Society 

• Da Vinci Society. 

Delivering a Darwin Science Competition 

to 8 primary schools involving 32 pupils. 

Working with Coleham Primary School 

Science Week involving 60 pupils in Year 

5/6. 

Offering Learning Support advice to local 

schools. 

Supporting Shrewsbury Sixth Form College 

with PSD Health & Social Care courses. 

Hosting Latin classes for Classical 

Civilisation students from The Shrewsbury 

Sixth Form College. 

Shrewsbury 

Dialogues 

Academic 

Lecture 

Programme 

2022-2023 

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Supporting talented Year 10 and above 

students from maintained schools 

across the country, in a STEM Potential 

programme held at weekends throughout 

the year in conjunction with Imperial 

College London. 

Increasing engagement with local schools 

in our Model United Nations conference. 

Involving local schools with our 

celebrations for World Book Day, such as 

local school pupils attending our meet a 

visiting author. 

Offering the ‘Make Integrate Explore’ 

module to local state primary and 

secondary schools, via our STEM fellow, 

to develop practical programming and 

research skills. 

Encouraging scientific review via the 

Frontiers for Young Minds programme, 

introduced into local maintained school 

partners. 

Offering our Go Further virtual 

programme of enrichment talks across 

maintained schools in Shropshire. 

Planning and delivering a residential visit 

to Imperial College for participants in the 

STEM Potential programme. 


By offering GCSE and A Level support, extending academic partnerships 

and providing opportunities for enrichment, our teachers gain opportunities 

to widen and to share teaching experience and practice and to network 

professionally. 

They will also be able to better understand the starting point of non-prep school entrants by gaining a 

better understanding of the state system at KS1,2,3. 

Our audience for events are more diverse and this can be helpful for our students to appreciate other 

perspectives and appreciate that they are part of a wider educational context. 

Our students have valuable opportunities to help organise and deliver events, developing a range of 

leadership skills along with their social awareness and engagement. 


We will be continuing to grow our support for charities, services and volunteering through: 

Aiming to develop cluster groups for academic subjects such as Maths, Geography and Physics 

Providing further native language speaker support 

Increasing the number of shared academic competitions - Maths/English essay writing 

Launching shared STEM design projects. 

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Maths 

Project 

with the Marches 

Academy Trust 


We are always looking to bring young people and 

staff together for mutual benefit, with current 

activity including: 

Weekly additional Maths support/ inspirational 

lessons for Shrewsbury Academy students 

delivered by Ian Payne, Maths Teacher. 

Two sessions - one for higher achievers, one of 

low achievers who are in danger of not passing 

GCSE. 


Liaison with MAT Strategic Lead for Maths. 

Opening up Shrewsbury events - inspirational 

Maths talking and masterclass visits to MAT 

students. 

With the MAT we put together a successful £20k 

bid for DFE funding to support an increase in 

partnership work. We were one of just 17 bids 

(from over 100) to be awarded such funding. 

This partnership is mutually beneficial in terms of developing leadership and general pedagogy in Maths 

at all involved institutions. The joint working also: 

Encourages reflection on support for Maths 

students at top and bottom end of ability range 

in particular. 

Provides a direct benefit on the teaching and 

learning experience and outcomes for our 

students. 

Illustrating the impact of our partnership work with the Marches Academy Trust schools 

and pupils: 

...thanks to your help I successfully managed to pass my Maths. 

I would like to thank you for all your help and support. Thank you for coming over to collect 

us and providing us with a meal. I honestly believe that without your help I wouldn’t have 

passed the course. I am so grateful for everything you did for us. 

Fifth Form Pupil, from a local school supported 

by Shrewsbury School Maths Faculty 

We have been working with the Marches Academy Trust for the past four years 

supporting pupils at Shrewsbury Academy School within the Trust to raise their 

aspirations and performance in Maths at GCSE level. Led by our Maths Teacher, Mr 

Ian Payne, we support two groups (one of high achievers, one of lower ability) to make 

progress using dedicated resources. 

The aim is to make Maths fun and to build confidence whilst delivering the course. 

The programme has further benefited by securing financial support in the form of an 

expansion grant from the Department for Education, enabling the Marches Academy 

Trust to ensure that best practice is shared more widely such that more pupils benefit. 


We are looking forward to our continuing partnership with the Marches Academy Trust and its 

schools and pupils to: 

Help support and develop leadership in Maths 

at Shrewsbury Academy and in MAT 

Help support and develop Maths teaching in 

MAT and at Shrewsbury School 

Develop physical and digital resources for 

mutual benefit 

Help to improve GCSE Maths results at 

Shrewsbury Academy and Shrewsbury School 

Support stronger pupils to increase A Level 

take up / university applications 

Involve Shrewsbury School students in 

mentoring. 

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STEM 

Potential 

Shrewsbury School has established a partnership with Imperial College, London, to 

promote aspiration and performance in STEM subjects. It supports state students from 

a number of partner schools across the county, from Year 10 upwards. The application 

process seeks to identify talented students with the potential to achieve the grades required 

to access STEM subjects as undergraduates at the country’s leading universities. 


We support our STEM Potential students by: 

Providing each cohort with Saturday 

programmes delivered by our specialist 

teachers in Science, Design, Computing and 

Maths. 

Tailoring sessions to students’ GCSE and A 

Level subjects and courses, with a focus on 

relevant practical work. 

Delivering enrichment opportunities such as 

practical beekeeping sessions and astronomy. 

Facilitating input from Imperial College and 

sharing resources and ideas with Oundle 

School who have their own STEM Potential 

programme. 

Organising and running a trip down to 

Imperial College to attend residential STEM 

Potential days and to get to know the 

university. 

Liaising with Imperial College to arrange 

for their mobile planetarium to be set up 

locally and open access to local primary and 

secondary school students. 

Giving guidance about STEM related 

careers. 

Offering bespoke mentoring sessions for 

Sixth Formers and application support. 


Students enrolled on the STEM Potential Programme have the opportunity to study and work with 

similarly able and motivated peers from other schools. There is a sense of collaboration and teamwork in the 

practical sessions. 

Links with Oundle School STEM subjects have grown stronger through this programme, to the benefit of 

all. There has been considerable sharing of ideas and resources between departments of the two schools. 

Our senior pupils have had opportunities to participate and to share their knowledge and enthusiasm for 

STEM subjects with participants. This has helped develop leadership skills. 


Explore further liaison between teachers from Shrewsbury and our 

partner schools 

Give specialist support to Physics teaching locally. 

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DarwIN 

Festival 

Shrewsbury School is proud to work with local partners to help shape and deliver the 

town’s annual DarwIN Festival. Events take place over a week and lead to a birthday toast 

to Charles Darwin on the 12th February. It is fitting that the School should be at the 

heart of such celebrations given that Charles Darwin is our most famous former pupil and 

that his thinking and scientific method continues to inspire locally, nationally and around 

the world. 


We contribute to the annual DarwIN Festival by: 

Working with local organisers and key 

stakeholders to provide a rich, attractive and 

accessible programme both for children and 

adults. 

Focusing on engaging with primary and 

secondary schools to widen and to deepen 

a knowledge of Charles Darwin and his 

family, as well as an appreciation of his life 

and legacy as a scientist. 

Offering a charitable concert in town to give 

a musical focus to the programme. 

Sourcing and hosting lectures - aimed at 

local students, the wider community and online 

for Darwin enthusiasts nationally and 

internationally. 

Opening the Taylor Library to visitors keen 

to see the School’s Darwinalia. 

Creating audio-visual and text resources 

in partnership with the Marches Academy 

Trust to share with other schools in the 

county and beyond. 


Students learn more about Darwin as a pupil 

at school as well as his childhood and roots 

in the town. 

Work done to showcase the School’s Darwin 

collection to the public also benefits students. 

The School can forge wider links with the 

town related to promoting a shared Darwin 

heritage. 

Students (and wider public) have been able 

to access lectures given by experts in a wide 

range of Darwin / evolution-related areas. 

Our DarwIN Festival materials have been 

used also by Expert Ed, a national on-line 

collaboration between state and independent 

schools, in support of curriculum 

enrichment. 


Further promote Darwin within the county - offering materials and 

opportunities to find out more about his life and work 

Further involve our students in delivery of Darwin themed days to 

primary students 

Link Darwin themes with environmental issues and volunteering. 

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Raising 

Aspirations 

Assisting with 

University Access 

and Careers 

We are keen to share our dedicated support for students to raise and 

support aspirations for university access and careers more widely across 

the country. 

Much of our higher education and careers provision has been made available to local 

schools so that more young people can explore pathways for further education and for the 

world of work beyond. Our Head of Futures, Chris Wain, has also supported the planning 

for university access and career provision in a number of schools locally, with some closely 

collaborative projects currently under development, and he is active in the Shropshire 

Career leaders group with meets termly to share best practice. 


To support the young people accessing university and help raise aspirations we have: 

Provided local schools with access to our 

Futures (Career) Faculty programme 

including Career Talks, Gap Year Fair, 

Apprenticeships Fair, American University 

Fair, Creative Arts Fair and our Higher 

Educations Fair. 

Linked with William Brookes School to 

support and provide advice regarding their 

Sixth Form Careers offering. 

Opened access to the Young Leaders 

Award of the Institute for Leadership and 

Management to local state school sixth 

forms. 

Developed a Year 10 Careers Project with 

the Marches Academy Trust as part of the 

successful DFE System Partnership bid, 

benefitting over 250 students. 

Supported the Oxbridge preparations for 

local school students. 

Shared Zoom career talks/ seminars with 

local state schools. 

Registered Shrewsbury School as a SAT 

centre. 

Support STEM Potential students looking at 

related career guidance. 


This area of work directly benefits local young people to improve their aspirations of higher education 

and future careers. 

Shrewsbury School staff and careers colleagues across Shropshire benefit 

from improved networking and a reciprocal development of Oxbridge 

Support. 

Marches Academy Trust partnership will open the possibility of future 

work placement options, for targeted students and our own Year 10 

provision at school should be enhanced. 

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Illustrating the impact of our working raising aspirations and supporting careers 

work: 

Please pass on my thanks to all the staff that were involved with 

carrying out mock interviews at the school. Students really appreciated 

the opportunity and the feedback they received... 

Marches School 


Working with key partner organisations to raise aspirations of young people across 

Shropshire we will continue to: 

Work with Marches Academy Trust to develop a sustainable Year 10 project 

Host Careers / Futures meetings at Shrewsbury to identify and to share best practice 

for all schools 

Support the development of medical applications in the region 

Share digital careers guidance clips / live Zoom events 

Working with Royal Spring Board and IntoUni to put together holiday programmes 

designed to inspire, and raise ambition. 

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Contributing 

to Teacher 

Training 

We are enthusiastically seeking to work more closely with a range of academic institutions 

and training organisations supporting the development of teachers and contributing to the 

training of teachers. 

We have enabled teaching colleagues to support PGCE students at Liverpool John Moores 

University as they prepare to enter the profession and we have recently joined forces with 

Liverpool Hope University and the Classic Hub based at Liverpool College to support the 

drive to train Classics teachers and widen access to the subject in the state sector. 

Locally we are working with partners in Shropshire to provide placement opportunities for 

teachers across the wider curriculum. 


Through contributing to teacher training 

we are: 

Undertaking flexible recruitment including 

unqualified candidates who will then 

be trained through studying a PGCE 

qualification. 

Supporting qualified colleagues with their 

ECT induction. 

Working with PGCE students via Liverpool 

John Moores University - support for 

students in Geography and more generally in 

panels aimed to help aspiring teachers with 

applications, not least to independent sector. 

Sharing INSET - including recently 

promoting digital safeguarding and practical 

approaches to supporting children with 

learning differences in the classroom. 

Providing placements for trainee teachers 

from the Salop Teaching School Alliance 

across a range of subjects including Music, 

Maths, Geography, Philosophy & Theology, 

History and Spanish. 

Developing a Classics Hub (with Liverpool 

College/Liverpool Hope University/ 

Wolverhampton Girls High School) to train 

classicists via Schools Direct. 


Contributing to teacher training provides a 

holistic benefit across our school positively 

impacting both staff and pupils: 

PGCE and ECT students bring new ideas 

and thinking about pedagogy which benefits 

mentors, faculties and potentially wider 

teaching body. 

Faculties keep up-to-date with Teachers’ 

Standards, especially in terms of leaders - 

benefits T&L more widely. 

Mentors have strong professional 

development. 

There is greater understanding of a wider 

educational context, including challenges 

and opportunities. 

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Illustrating the impact of contribution to teacher training: 

Completing a PGCE mathematics teacher training placement with 

Shrewsbury School has been a fantastic learning experience. My school 

mentors have given me opportunities to stretch and grow, whilst ensuring 

I am fully supported and set up for success. Beyond the classroom, I have 

been given the chance to take on co-curricular activities and boarding house 

responsibilities which have enabled me to enjoy the full breath of the school 

experience. I am hugely grateful the staff and students at Shrewsbury for 

making my time here so rewarding. 

Richard Philips, Maths PGCE Trainee Teacher 

I’m now approaching my third week as a PGCE teacher in Shrewsbury 

School and have felt incredibly welcomed by the ever-lovely History faculty. 

The support offered by staff both within and outside of the department has 

been immense, offering a fantastic opportunity to learn from the world-class 

teachers of Shrewsbury. The History faculty has allowed me to step into the 

classroom at my own pace, creating a professional environment of comfort 

and support, whilst offering a plethora of advice, spanning from lesson ideas 

to future career opportunities. I’ve also been welcomed into the History of 

Art department, providing the opportunity to develop my teaching skill set 

even further. 

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the huge variety of extracurriculars available at 

Shrewsbury, of which I’ve joined MUN, the Junior History Society, and the 

Adventure Club. This offers an opportunity to get to know my students and 

their interests, develop my own skills, and try something new. This, in hand 

with the academic prowess of Shrewsbury, shapes staff into well-rounded 

teachers, willing to get involved in all aspects of school life and connect with 

students. 

After being assigned to Rigg’s as a House Tutor, I’ve recently been given 

greater insight into the lives of our borders. Helping students with their 

topschools and getting to know them on a personal level has been such 

a rewarding experience, and it’s wonderful to see the dedication of our 

students to their studies, societies and House. 


We will be increasing our contributions to teacher 

training through: 

Developing deeper relationships with Liverpool John 

Moores University by bringing their PGCE students 

to Shrewsbury to teach and to observe 

Seeking to develop relationships with the Salop 

Teaching School Alliance 

Actively recruiting and supporting colleagues 

wishing to join the profession without QTS as and 

when the relevant opportunities arise. 

Mia Hansen, History PGCE Trainee Teacher 

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Governance 

Shrewsbury School staff serve in 

governor or trustee roles in a number of 

state-maintained settings close to the 

school and across Shropshire 

Through working at this strategic level, opportunities for sharing good practice and ideas 

and for exploring other partnership opportunities are commonly identified. 

As with all such roles the time commitment is significant, but the chance to work with 

other governors and school leaders to promote educational outcomes is enormously 

rewarding. 


Currently 14 members of staff are involved 

as governors or trustees in state-maintained 

settings: 

11 secondary schools, 9 primary school and 

2 specialist schools currently supported. 

Work has included support during and after 

Ofsted inspections. 

Work has been in support of developing and 

expanding academy trusts. 

Support for child protection and 

safeguarding policies and procedures is 

provided. 

Support for maintaining and improving 

educational standards is provided. 


Since becoming a Trustee in November 2018 Stuart has used his knowledge and 

experience to contribute actively to debate and discussions that have helped form the 

strategic plan for the Marches Academy Trust (MAT). The MAT now has nine schools, 

five primary and four secondary, totalling nearly 5,000 students across Shropshire. Stuart 

is a well-respected member of the Trust Board and adds a dimension that enriches the 

strategic direction of the MAT. We have found his input to be very valued. 

Marches Trust 

I have been delighted with their work and contribution through governance of our schools 

and trust. In different ways, they have all demonstrated a professional commitment to 

the importance of this role - attending pupil discipline committees, link governor groups 

in day and boarding settings, training on the use of data and on the role of a governor, 

attending a strategy day for a new headteacher, being part of the appointment process for 

the new CEO - this list is impressive, thorough and shows an essential level of dedication 

to these roles. 

Former CEO of 3-18Education Trust Feb 2022 referring to the work done 

by 7 colleagues in Trustee or Governor roles over the past year 

This brings mutual benefit: our staff gain further knowledge and 

understanding of leadership and management issues in whole-school 

contexts; the schools benefit from their commitment and dedication to 

improving educational outcomes for the students. 


More Shrewsbury School staff are keen to take up governor roles as these become available 

Meeting more educational leaders and teachers will lead to greater collaboration and mutual benefit - 

for teachers and ultimately for students. 

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Widening 

Participation 

in Sport 

We are passionate about extending participation and opportunity in 

sport, both working with local partners and with regional and national 

sporting bodies. 

Our indoor and outdoor facilities are excellent in quality and quantity, and this means 

that we can support access to sport both at recreational and competitive levels throughout 

the year. 


We have been working with partner organisations for many years to expand the sporting horizons of 

young people and to provide them with an opportunity to engage and excel in sports through: 

Undertaking a ‘Dedicated Athlete 

Programme’ which is open to students 

from local schools - looking at improving 

performance through strength and 

conditioning, mentoring and a programme 

of sports-related talks. 

Holding Cricket festivals in summer using 

our pitches and purpose-built indoor centre, 

and hosting a long list of cricketing events 

and teams such as Lady Taverners, county 

cricket teams and the ECB. 

Holding a Girls’ Football Festival involving 

10 local state schools. 

Enabling the use of: 

• Our Astro-turf pitches for hockey county 

training and tournaments 

• Our squash courts for the general public 

and for local schools 

• Our swimming pool for local schools and 

providing a Swim Academy for the general 

public 

• Our rowing facilities; providing access 

to our boat house and equipment for 

charitable events/ regattas; hosting West 

Midlands Training Days; staff involved 

with GB training. 

Hosting the Varsity games for both 

primary and secondary schools from the 

Marches Academy Trust. Competitive 

football, boccia, rugby, netball as well as 

taster sessions for rowing and fives. 450 

pupils involved overall. 

Hosting The Severndale Specialist 

Academy School sports day. 

Supporting local talented cricketers to 

achieve county selection. 


Through widening the participation in sports we have: 

Supported local young people to engage in new sports and improve their 

existing skills. 

Enabled ‘County Gateways’ in various sports for young people and our 

pupils to access highly qualified coaches. 

Reduced travel time to tournaments / county training and events for 

participants. 

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Illustrating the impact of widening participation in sport: 

He has really enjoyed coming to Shrewsbury School. Would love to continue. 

He feels it is a great opportunity for him to excel. Also has helped him 

improve in all lessons. His grades have improved and gone up in groups. 

Parental feedback on Dedicated Athletes Programme 

I can only thank the schools for this opportunity- one that my child 

embraced learning new techniques, networks and friendships. 

Parental feedback for the Dedicated Athletes Programme 

Over the past 24 months, The Marches Academy Trust and Shrewsbury 

School have been working closely together to support the children and 

young people across our 10 schools. The Team at Shrewsbury School has 

created opportunities for our multi academy trust that will stay with our staff 

members, children, and young people for a lifetime. 

Shrewsbury School have hosted The Marches Academy Trust Varsity Games 

for our primary and secondary schools along with our sixth forms. These 

events are sporting competitions within our multi academy trust. Shrewsbury 

School have been able to give our children and young people the opportunity 

to participate at world class sporting facilities. Alongside our Varsity Games, 

in 2022, Shrewsbury School hosted The Marches Academy Trust Primary 

Physical Education Awards, the Shrewsbury team supported the event with 

facility hire and IT support at no cost. Without partnerships like this, we 

wouldn’t be able to offer these opportunities to our children and young 

people.” 

George Hounsell, Director of Sport, Health & Community - The Marches Academy Trust 


Our continued push to drive wider 

engagement and participation in sport will 

be achieved through: 

Providing a venue to host the Marches Academy 

Trust games at primary and secondary levels 

Promoting cross country events more actively to all 

schools 

Hosting football events for local primary schools 

Exploring the further use of our cricket centre for 

local schools, refugees, and disability groups 

Widening access to our rowing facilities with 

Pengwern and local schools 

Hosting primary school swimming galas. 

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Encouraging 

Communities 

through 

Activities 

Art 

The Shrewsbury School Art Faculty enthusiastically promotes artistic creativity in the 

local community, with both staff members and students actively engaging in projects with 

younger children from local state schools. 

In recognition of its efforts and achievements, not least in its engagement with the wider 

community, the Faculty was shortlisted for the 2020 Times Educational Supplement 

Creativity Award. 


In Art, the School has developed partnerships with local schools and the wider community: 

Delivered over 750+ hours of Art, Dance, 

Music and Singing events featuring 20+ staff 

and 100+ pupils. 

Year 5 pupils from local primary schools are 

invited annually to the School to take part 

in the ‘Big Draw’ event. They participate in 

a carousel of creative activities, aided by Art 

Scholars and other student volunteers. 

As part of our Thursday afternoon Activities 

Programme, volunteers from the School visit 

local primary schools to help create large scale 

works such as murals or mosaics. 

The Art Lecture programme is open to local 

students from other schools. 

Exhibitions raise funds for the Shewsy in 

Everton, with works from students, teachers, 

Old Salopians and local artists. 

Offering a carousel of co-designed activities 

for children from Severndale Specialist 

Academy. 


Illustrating the impact of our partnership work with local schools 

Thank you so much for giving our children this fab opportunity to become part of 

your community. The children were so well engaged and enjoyed every activity they got 

involved in. The organisation of the event was so well structured and considered from 

the moment we arrived to the moment we left. Please thank Lucy (Head of Art) and her 

students for their support and enthusiasm. 

Rhiannon Reece, Oakmeadow Primary School 


We look forward to furthering the impact of 

our partnership work by: 

Extending our Big Draw carousel of 

activities to more local schools 

Developing relationships with primary 

school art co-ordinators to share ideas 

Widening the offering to include ceramics. 

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Music and Dance 

The Shrewsbury School Music and Dance Faculties work independently, and often work 

together, to share productions with a wider audience and to extend cultural opportunities 

to people of all ages in the community. 

The excellence and diversity of what is produced by the School’s musicians, singers 

and actors provides great entertainment and pleasure, whether on site, locally or on the 

road nationally. Working with children from primary school age all the way through 

to senior citizens, the opportunity to join in is extended to music lovers of all ages and 

backgrounds. 



We are looking forward to further creative partnerships with the 

local community: 

More singing planned with the development of a Year 5 

Primary School choir 

Greater collaboration with ‘In Harmony’ supporting primary 

school music- via the Birmingham Conservatoire 

Using the new Barnes Theatre to explore opportunities for 

offering dance and theatre to a wider community 

Starting ‘Sinfonia’ - for young musicians at the very start 

of their musical careers. 

The School has a remarkable number of projects aimed at involving the wider community: 

‘Symphonic Sundays’ bring together 

young musicians (Age 7-13) to give them 

the opportunity to develop playing their 

instrument with others. 

Our Head of Chapel Choir has developed 

three primary school choirs, culminating in 

performances before large audiences. 

‘Community Choir’ has close to 150 

members of the general public. 

‘Town Symphony Orchestra’ has c70 

members. 

Our music events programme is open to 

the general public, often free of charge - it 

brings enormous social and cultural benefit 

both to the town and to the School. 

‘Concert Party’ is a Thursday afternoon 

activity where our students perform music 

and song in care homes, local state schools 

and in support of ‘In Harmony’. 

Many concerts are in support of worthy 

local charities - in 2018-19 over £14k was 

raised. 

Over 100 Shrewsbury School students are 

involved annually in these projects. 

Our Dance studio has welcomed primary 

schools for whole day workshops and also 

weekly lessons, developing fitness, creativity, 

and confidence through performance. 


Illustrating the impact of our partnership and community work through performance: 

It was a wonderful experience for her to play with a range of other musicians that she 

doesn’t normally get. Unfortunately at school there is no orchestra... I am very grateful 

to yourself and to the other teachers and Shrewsbury School for giving up your Sunday 

afternoon and allowing her the opportunity. 

You worked wonders with them in such a short time and it was amazing for him to feel 

part of such a big orchestra. 

Emails of thanks from parents related to ‘Symphonic Sundays’ 

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Sharing Facilities 

and Supporting 

the Local 

Economy 

We have excellent indoor and outdoor facilities available, supporting sport and the arts, 

charities and local interest groups. In addition, we are exploring ways of enabling the 

general public to enjoy the beauty of the site, opening up for the annual town Darwin 

Festival and to see our ‘Tree Walk’ created by our students. Slightly further afield, in 

the hills above Betws-Y-Coed, our outdoor centre Talargerwyn is able to cater for groups 

seeking a residential base in Snowdonia. 


We support our local communities and support the local economy through: 

Sharing our sports facilities: cricket centre, 

swimming pool, squash courts, AstroTurf. 

Providing meeting venues for clubs, societies, 

and other schools etc. 

Providing the use of our Alington Hall 

and Maidment Centre for Music to the 

community choir. 

Supporting local festivals such as the 

Darwin Festival through using our unique 

Archive and Taylor Library. 

Welcoming U3A groups for historical tours 

of the school and its archives. 

Host Into University residential visit during 

summer for inner city children from North 

West England. 

Hosting MAT primary and secondary games 

- Summer and Winter editions. 

Discounting the use of facilities for music 

(Maidment, Alington) for concerts for 

charity, local primary schools, community 

choir, town orchestra. 

Discounting the use of facilities for sport 

(Cricket, Astro, Pool) for primary schools, 

local teams, county and national squads. 

Annually working with the organising 

committee to shape and promote the 

town’s Darwin Festival, providing a strong 

contribution to the lecture programme, 

sourcing and hosting speeches, and 

promoting the festival to schools in 

Shropshire and beyond. 

Hosting Shropshire Virtual Schools 

‘Celebration Event’ for over 300 young 

people and their carers. 


We will be expanding our engagement with local communities by: 

Providing residentials for children from disadvantaged areas 

Shrewsbury School is an active partner locally and regionally 

and we are in a unique position to share our facilities with our 

communities as well as support a thriving local economy. 

Hosting sporting events and competitions for primary and secondary 

schools 

Developing the work of the Archives 

Promoting use of Talargerwyn. 

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