Jack Petchey Awards

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The Jack Petchey Foundation was set up to inspire and motivate young people across London and Essex by providing exciting projects and programmes for them to get involved in. We also recognise the outstanding achievements of today’s young people by awarding them for their hard work and positive impact on their community.

Edmonton County School is part of the Gold Achievement Award Scheme programme . This programme allows us to issue 9 students with an  achievement awards each year and a Leader Award for our teachers and associate staff. We also have access to a Leader Award grant and 2 educational visit grants a year which are used across the school.

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Miss Charlene Simons is our second winner of the award for 2024

Charlene has been nominated for her work as the coordinator of all the new teachers that come in to the school, organising training and supporting teachers through their first years of teaching. She is relentless in her pursuit to make their training with us a seamless journey.  

Charlene is a great problem solving and makes sure that every student teacher under her wing is supported to remove any barriers to progress and succeed. She gives of her time willingly and celebrates at every opportunity their successes.  

All trainees pass with flying colours, in her care. The teachers she has supported have commented on how Charlene has endless support for them and is always full of encouragement and good ideas to support their development. The mentors talk about her going that extra mile to support them. Charlene makes a difference to their school experience, and she is always there for support and guidance. 

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Grace has been a positive role model since joining ECS last year. She is always kind, polite and positive and she has only received positive lesson scores. She has never been late to school, and never received a detention. She is always in the top 10 top scorers for Behaviour for Learning points every week. She represents the school’s netball team and practices in her own time to improve her skills. She attends the weekly Arts and Crafts workshop and the Drama Club. She is always happy to befriend new students in the school to help them settle in.

She participated in the Anne Frank Workshop and has been successful in becoming an Anne Frank Ambassador which she had to apply for along with other schools in the country which is a massive achievement. She is a joy to have in the year group.

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Mrs Fiona Philippou is our first winner of the award  for 2024

 Fiona has been nominated by several work colleagues, teachers and students who have all recognised that she has made a difference to their school experience. An Assistant Head Teacher and Director of Sixth form Fiona provides excellent support to the sixth form teams and has introduced some new and interesting ideas. The students enjoy having her as the director of sixth form and commented on how she is always very supportive and approachable with any issues they may have.  A student said ‘she makes me feel safe and she is always willing to listen and makes time to support us.

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On the 23rd April 2024 at Millfield Theatre Enfield there  was an awards evening to celebrate all the Jack Petchey  winners in Enfield. Congratulations to all our student  Jack Petchey Achievement winners and Mrs Ayer our  Expressive Arts Technician who won a leaders award  after working 30 years at ECS and got a round of applause.

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Iris continues to work well during her sixth form studies with 100% attendance. She is extremely supportive in 6th form, helping subject teachers and her peers. Iris shows respect and is a polite and mature student. Always happy to take part in school events and contribute to their organisation. Iris prepared and presented at school open evenings representing the school and presenting outstanding speeches. She talked about her journey through school and shared her positive experiences.

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Ty-Reece was unwell following Covid which resulted him missing time at school. Despite this Ty-Reece still managed to complete his GCSE with superb results. Ty-Reece followed his ambition and passion for Computer Science and his hard work is testament to his achievement of A* in his Computer Science A Level project. His determination and commitment to the subject has contributed to his overall success. It is a pleasure to teach him.

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Congratulations to all our Jack Petchey Achievement Award Winners and Ms Portelli who won a leader's award last year.

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Congratulations to all Jack Petchey Achievement Award Winners from last year who attended their award ceremony at Millfield theatre on 17th May 2022.

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Nusayba is a talented student who can write long, complex and accurate paragraph on any topics. Her pronunciation and intonation have improved massively in Year 8 and she capable of guessing the pronunciation of complex words using phonics.