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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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.