m7e community interest company
As of 2018, 13.7% of primary school children attending state schools are
eligible for free school meals. In sponsored academies this rises to 21.3%.
According to school leaders, the financial support of pupil premium (PP) has
replaced other revenues of funding, with the schools becoming increasingly
stretched with its resources. An Ofsted survey into PP funding found only a
third of the revenue was being used to help subsidise educational trips despite
the benefits being huge for the children. M7 Education CIC tackles the problems
of funding by providing free school trips to PP children and their classes. One
stumbling block for teachers has been finding the extra time organising these
trips. M7 Education CIC also removes this barrier by organising these trips on
behalf of the teachers. We will also provide lesson plans and ideas for teachers
to use based around the educational trip. This will allow schools to allocate PP
funding towards other educational purposes. Furthermore, it will help teachers
to allocate their time into creating thoroughly engaging lessons. What is
different about our approach? M7 Education CIC provides a holistic approach to
the issue of educational experiences. Not only will the trip be paid for, but
the teachers will receive support and documents to minimise the planning needed
for each trip. Lesson ideas will be sent to teachers as well as example lessons
for free. Each experience will be related to the curriculum that the class will
be learning either at the time or the term following the trip. This level of
experiential learning has been shown to have great benefits for the children and
the approach M7 Education takes in order maximise learning is what separates our
approach.
