PTA Impact Report 2024-25

Upcoming Events Valentines Disco Thursday 12th February 2026

Wine Tasting Evening Friday 6th March 2026

New 2 You Sale Thursday 12th and Friday 13th March 2026

Spring Fair Sunday 22nd March 2026

Summer Ball Saturday 30th May 2026

New 2 You Sale Thursday 11th and Friday 12th June 2026

Summer Festival and Headmaster’s Cricket Sunday 21st June 2026

HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

We welcome all new families to our school community and look forward to meeting you and getting to know you.

Everyone is welcome to join us and we are always looking for new and dynamic volunteers to take on a variety of roles (you do not have to attend or commit to meetings).

If you are interested in joining us please email pta@akslytham.com

AKS Lytham PTA

Annual Report 2024-2025

2024 – 2025 The AKS Parents’ and Teachers Association is a group of parents and teachers who organize events to promote friendship within the school community and to raise funds for our school.

Welcome from the Headmaster

From the Head of Nursery and Preparatory School

I saw a piece of sporting footage the other day: it showed Usain Bolt, in his prime, running against some more routine humans.

The work of the AKS PTA Committee is nothing short of incredible! The Committee members give up their free time to organise so many events for the benefit of the AKS Community.

Even though his competitors were giving it their all, even those that were evidently quite athletic did not get close to the world’s fastest man, who appeared to amble across the 100m finish line some 30 metres ahead of the nearest competition.

We have a lot of fun organizing the events and even more fun attending them.

Volunteers

Money Raised

16 £28,776

volunteers involved in running our PTA

Generated Profit

has been raised for worthwhile investments throughout our school

Items Bought

£15,898 23 profit generated by our PTA

items and experiences have been funded over the year

Event Attendees

Nearly

PTA Volunteer Hours

1,000 1,500 people have attended and enjoyed our events

hours of PTA volunteer time spent organising and running our calendar of events

Events We have held events and have

9 11

more events planned for the year ahead

When people are amazing, it can seem effortless. This certainly applies to our PTA, whose cheerful, energetic and creative work in providing joy for the school community through their many outstanding events has led to some of the best AKS moments in the year.

In turn, they continue to support ideas and projects large and small, adding bits of magic that we otherwise could not offer. To those remarkable individuals, and for everyone who has supported them, thank you - the difference you make is immeasurable.

David Harrow, Headmaster

Subsequently, the Committee hold an annual PTA Dragons’ Den event. The pupils learn how to plan a strategy using their chosen media to persuade the Committee that their idea is a good one which should be funded, all great skills for the future.

Successful pupil bids have included playground games and wet break classroom games. Successful staff bids have included outdoor bikes and trikes for the younger pupils, den building and pond explorer equipment, mini robots to inspire coding skills, a STEM event, and AKS logo sports coats.

Thank you so much to our PTA Committee.

Amanda Ilhan, Head of Nursery and Preparatory School

A note from our PTA Chair The work of the PTA team at AKS is reliant on a fantastic group of volunteers who all support one another, with the mission to enhance the school experience for all the pupils. As Chair of the group, I am so proud to work alongside such creative, hardworking and committed parents.

The focus of the PTA is to raise funds in order to purchase items over and above those achievable within the school budget. As such, we like to think that we add another ‘touch of sparkle’ to the school experience.

Annual Report 20 24-25

Fundraising efforts are based on a calendar of events and some new digital fundraising tools like the ‘Easy Fundraising’ app. The success of our events is such that they have become annual occasions, including the Prep School Halloween Party; the hugely successful Winter Ball; and the Christmas, Easter and Summer Fairs. Every year, we challenge ourselves to think out of the box too and this has led to new events being added this year, including our inaugural wine tasting event.

I cannot thank the school enough for their unwavering support of our ideas and to the PTA team, who give up so many hours as part of their busy lives to add that unique sparkle.

Jordanna Woodman, PTA Chair

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