From the school newsletter.
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This means that 32 more students, predominately from the Reading area, will be coming to Kendrick in September 2020 and thereafter there will be an increase of 32 students, year on year, until 2024. To accommodate the enlarged student population we have been given a capital sum of money, just over £2million, to build a three storey block containing six classroom and a dining space. There will also be some other adjustments to parts of our existing buildings. The other and very important element and remit of the application is the Fair Access and Partnership Plan, known as the FAPP, which details how we plan to work with local schools to support pupil premium and disadvantaged students to have a fairer chance of applying to Kendrick. Working with Reading Local Authority, we have already identified a number of schools in the Reading area who would like us to work with them. We hope that this work will support all students in schools and help raise aspirations and ambition in education. Some of our own students who I have spoken to are very excited by this development and we are looking forward to engaging many of our staff and our students in this outreach work. I believe this is momentous time for Kendrick which will enable the school to become even more rooted in its local community and share its expertise more widely. We have exciting times ahead to look forward to.