Kings Langley Secondary School are pleased to announce that their Extended Schools
Consortium, for whom they are the Lead School, has recently been awarded National
Quality in Extended Services (QES) Accreditation.
The Kings Langley Consortium, which comprises Kings Langley Secondary and
Primary Schools, St Paul’s School Chipperfield, Sarratt Primary School, Bovingdon
Primary Academy, Nash Mills Primary and Bedmond Primary, is the first Consortium
in Hertfordshire to achieve such status.
This Quality Mark is part of services provided by the Faculty of Education at
Canterbury Christ Church University whose aim is to work with schools nationwide to
improve the quality in both study support and the provision of extended services.
Julia Bateson, lead consultant for QES within Hertfordshire commented, “Achieving
this award means that the Kings Langley Consortium has demonstrated that it has a
clarity of purpose, has shown coherent planning of its services, that provision is
addressing local needs and that there is a continuing commitment to the further
development of such services.”
Julia added, “Most importantly this consortium has demonstrated the impact the work
they are doing is having on people’s lives in the area.”
In achieving this accreditation the awarding panel commented that they were
impressed by the Consortium’s strategic and operational organisation of services for
children, schools and families within the community and the excellent partnerships
which have developed.
Rosie Washford Mower, Headteacher at Nash Mills Primary School, commented “Our
Extended Schools team works tirelessly to support children and their families. Holiday
activities, our after school provision, mentoring for pupils, courses for parents and
individual support for families are just some of the ways in which they enhance the
work of the schools in our Consortium”.
Rosemary Inskipp is the Consortium’s Extended Schools Coordinator and led the
submission. On receiving the award she said, “I am pleased for the schools in our
Consortium and the Community as a whole that we have been recognised for the work
that we have done and will continue to do. The communities that we serve often miss
out on many different services so we have worked hard in ensuring that our schools
and their families receive the support that they need and deserve.”
Frances Stickley, Chair of Governors at Kings Langley Secondary School commented,
“We have an outstanding Consortium and this confirms that we are the benchmark in
Hertfordshire for these services.”
Gary Lewis, Headteacher at Kings Langley Secondary School and Hub Head for the
Consortium concluded, “This is a clear example of what can be achieved when schools
and services work in close collaboration rather than in competition with each other
with the sole aim of improving opportunities for young people and their families. Our
partnership has benefited from our universal determination to remove all barriers that
may prevent our young people growing and developing as responsible individuals”.