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The Wolfson Foundation has updated its grants programme, making it easier to access funding for cutting-edge facilities, discovers Jane Hughes


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ith advances in science, design and technology moving at a rapid pace, it can be demoralising


for teachers and pupils to be working with outdated equipment, in classrooms that were often built decades ago. Recognising this dilemma, the Wolfson Foundation – one of the UK’s largest grant- making charities  has simplified and revamped its £2.5million school grants programme to encourage more high-achieving state secondary schools to apply for funding to transform teaching environments. ‘We know that schools are pressed


HOW TO APPLY n There is a two-stage application process. Schools are selected on the strength of their proposal, together with a combination of indicators (student progress, school context, evidence of good leadership, inspection reports) that demonstrate they are performing well but need help. n Stage one involves completing an online form. Schools that pass


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for cash, and we recognise that finding match unding is increasingly dificult or them, says the olson Foundation’s chief executive Paul Ramsbottom. ‘That’s why we want to make our application process more accessible and straightforward. ‘We have also reframed our


programme descriptions so that the focus is clearly on supporting excellence in parts of the secondary curriculum that require specialist laboratories and technical equipment. However fantastic the teaching, subjects such as science, computer science, DT, music, languages and performing arts


this stage have a high chance of getting funding. Stage two is an assessment by a peer review panel, advised by assessors who may also carry out school visits. n Application windows open twice a year. The next one runs from 1 December 2019 to 10 January 2020. For more information, go to wolfson.org.uk/funding/ application-guidance/


need specialist kit to deliver a modern curriculum. We are committed to ensuring that more pupils have what they need to ulfil their future aspirations, and that teachers are enthused to deliver inspirational lessons.’ The Wolfson Foundation will be


awarding grants of up to £50,000 for equipment and £100,000 for building projects to both schools and sixth- form colleges. The requirement for schools to have match funding in place has been dropped (though this is still preferable). Instead, the hope is that schools awarded grants will use it as leverage to gain additional unding. any fields  ranging rom pharmacy to engineering – rely on a constant stream o confident, highly qualified people, says aul Ramsbottom. ‘If we can’t inspire pupils at school, that stream of people won’t materialise. And this is seen within the teaching itself – it is ecoming increasingly dificult to recruit physics teachers, for example.’ The most compelling proposals, he


suggests, will consider how facilities will be used both during and outside of lessons, perhaps for after-school clubs. Individual schools might also explore how they could share learning resources with other schools – an idea that’s particularly suited to multi-academy trusts. Founded in 1955 by trustees Sir


Isaac Wolfson and his wife and son (initially with assets from Great Universal Stores) the Wolfson Foundation funds projects nationwide. As well as its work with schools, the foundation awards grants in the fields o science and medicine, health and disability, and the arts and humanities.


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