SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT & School Development It has once again been a busy year in terms of School Development and it gives us great pleasure to share our progress. One of the School’s
to see our students benefiting from
Improvement Fund (CIF) from the
this upgrade on a daily basis.
Government. Works took place over the summer 2018 to improve the spread of the electricity load across our two incoming supplies as well as upgrading the control boards.
main sources of philanthropic income,
Further works during the summer
other than specific large-scale capital
and early autumn involved the
campaigns such as the refurbishment
This year our focus for our
repair of the windows in the main
of Science and Squash, is The
Aylesburian Annual Fund has been
School building which was funded
Aylesburian Annual Fund created
on raising funds for the refurbishment
by another successful CIF bid in the
and managed by the Development
of our Maths classrooms and we
autumn term, essential and urgent
Office. This Fund offers an opportunity
are delighted to report that the
work was completed to replace
for our community to support both
money is now in place. It has been
the windows in geography, history,
current and future generations of
another successful year for this
English, the Foundation Hall and
students at AGS. Through regular
Fund, although we would always
Dining Hall.
giving, our community helps to
like to encourage more participation
realise projects that urgently need our
if families are able to help. This
Future Plans
attention and, which will benefit every
refurbishment project will take place
student at AGS.
in the summer holiday 2019 to be
During August 2018 we refurbished
ready for the new term in September.
Going forward, we have been working on both the budget for 2019/20 and our priorities for the ongoing development of
our two IT rooms in the computer
Thank you to everyone who
the School’s premises. In April, we
building. The refurbishment of the
contributes to this essential fund.
applied for significant funds via the
rooms was funded by our important
It continues to have a huge impact
Conditions Improvement Fund for the
Aylesburian Annual Fund and
and provides additional funds to
replacement Heating and Roofs. The
the support of our exceptionally
keep our School site up to date and
Conditions Improvement Fund, which
hardworking PTA.
fit for purpose. More challenging
all Academy Schools are allowed to
Money raised by the PTA funded
for us than some other Schools as
apply for, is an opportunity for us to
all the replacement of the hardware
we have been on this site for over a
bid for money allocated for projects
within the IT rooms and our sincere
century and many of our facilities are
which have a Health & Safety or
thanks to everyone involved in the
deteriorating. We remain one of the
PTA. This includes all the parents,
twenty lowest funded schools in
Old Aylesburians and friends of the
the country.
School who have attended PTA events across the year. We really are very lucky indeed to have such a dedicated team of parents who work tirelessly on behalf of the School.
Less obvious, but equally as important, we have almost completed the process of upgrading our electricity supply to ensure greater resilience to the School. This is a
Capacity issue. Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful on this occasion and so it has meant we have had to re-prioritise work. Our planned projects and funding streams for urgent work this summer 2019 are: 1. Heating and Boilers - One of
Our IT rooms were an absolute
major project funded from the result
our biggest identified risks is that
priority and so it has been wonderful
of a successful bid to the Condition
we have been heating the School
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The Aylesburian 2018/2019
