TKAT ACE
What is TKAT ACE - A Champion for Every Child?
As a school, we are very pleased to be a part of a new project called ‘ACE - A Champion for Every Child’ that will be supporting all our Pupil Premium children and families. Pupil Premium is the funding given to schools by the Government to support the progress of some of our children:
- Children entitled to Free School Meals or those who have been entitled in the last six years
- Children of Armed Service Personnel
- Looked After Children and children who have been adopted since 2008
- Those with a Special Guardianship Order or residence order.
The money is used to fund initiatives that will help those children reach their full potential, both academically and socially. In our school, and other schools within TKAT, some of this funding is being used to support the ACE Project. ACE provides every child in receipt of Pupil Premium with an ACE Tutor who will meet with them individually and have regular contact with their family.
What is an ACE Tutor?
An ACE Tutor’s role is to support your child/children and yourselves. They may be able to link you up with other agencies and also offer extra opportunities in school, for example joining a club or supporting your child with an ambition or aspiration they may have. ACE Tutors will try and help with any barriers that might get in the way of your child becoming the best they can be.
ACE Tutors will not be teaching your child, but they will be listening, supporting, and seeking help if needed. Our ACE Tutors will also contact parents/carers regularly to talk about their child, offer support, guidance or just be a person to chat to. We really hope this will offer our children something new and exciting with lots of talk about their futures, their happiness, and their well-being.
Who are our ACE Tutors at Chichester High School?
Mrs Julie Silcock – CHS ACE Lead
Mrs Sue Lambourne - Lead ACE Tutor
Mrs Hollie Bailey
Mrs Tanya Neville
Mrs Rebecca Sprules
An ACE student ambassador represents our school and provides important information to current and prospective students and their parents.
Their responsibilities include offering school tours to new students and staff, discussing the ACE program with representatives from TKAT, and providing advice and guidance to other ACE students.
Our CHS TKAT ACE Ambassadors support Year 6 pupils during their transition to CHS and serve as positive role models. Additionally, they monitor and organise activities in the ACE room during break and lunchtime, and collaborate with the ambassador team to develop new ideas to enhance our program.
Pictured below are some of the team.
Year 11 - Patsy Challen, Sophie Pratt, Alex Calver and Lilly Trimm (Caitlin Tucker- is not pictured)
Year 10 - Cayson Dyer
Year 9 - Dylan Brown
Year 8 - Leelan Bell, Illia Semerun (Willow Ward - is not pictured)
Year 7 - Lyla Whitby
* Please note that the video is due to be updated. The TKAT ACE Tutors have changed but the video is too nice to take down!