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THE WYKEHAM JOURNAL 2021

COMMUNITY REPORT

AN EXTRACT FROM THE 2021 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
The College remains committed to the aim of providing public benefit in accordance with the Founder ’ s intention . It recognises that it is itself a community of past and present pupils , staff and parents with an individual and collective responsibility for the College , the community , and the wider world . The College continues to provide benefit in a wide variety of ways , some examples of which are detailed below .
EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ‘ Supporting pupils to fulfil their potential ’
Winchester College enjoys strong links with many local state primary and secondary schools , providing mutually beneficial opportunities to learn from teaching staff and share resources .
With the appointment of a new Head of Educational Partnerships this year , we are working to diversify and expand the portfolio of schools we work with . This year we have seen the following take place :
96 local students from Barton Peveril Sixth Form College were supported with online mock university interviews . This year , a record total of 23 offers were made from Oxford and Cambridge to Barton Peveril students .
24 pupils from the state sector attended our online science extension sessions , led by teaching staff from the school ’ s science department . our Maths Summer School went online , involving 80 pupils from 40 state schools .
62 teachers and technicians from state sector schools across the UK attended our Physics Partners Online Physics Festival , to support the development of professionals in this subject .
12 careers talks were shared online with secondary school partners .
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