Social Enterprise &

As part of our mission to promote character development and service to communities, we are committed to teaching young people critical life-long skills such as collaboration, resourcefulness and accountability. Pupils take on increasingly responsible leadership roles that culminate in Leadership and Social Enterprise Projects in which they identify a community concern and then plan, execute and evaluate a project to address it.

Pupils will be expected, as part of this element of the curriculum, to be involved in choosing the projects they will develop and in raising charitable funds.

Hallcroft Retirement Accommodation

Our school has established relationships with the residents of a local community residential home Hallcroft.

Our pupils are in touch with the residents regularly and especially enjoy making seasonal cards for them; which are welcomed by staff and residents alike. Children visit regularly and participate in small group activities with residents. Children also share artwork and celebrate significant events such as the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with our friends at Hallcroft.

Each year staff and pupils collect items for a Christmas Gift Bag for each Hallcroft resident as part of our Festive Winter Gift programme.

Our Community Foodbank

The school wants to be at the heart of the community it serves, particularly in the hard times currently being faced. The school offers a weekly foodbank to our parents and local community which provides a vital source of support for many of our families. The pastoral team can also signpost families to further support from other charities or agencies. 

Fundraising

Our pupils have fundraised over £1500 for a variety of worthwhile causes this year, including:-

Children in Need
Save The Children
Comic Relief
Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Sir Captain Tom Moore’s 100 Festival
Hallcroft Retirement Accommodation
The Hygiene Bank

Our annual Book Fair was also a resounding success and the money raised will help High Crags to continue to improve the quality of its provision and facilities.

Aqua Aid

We regularly encourage our pupils to think about the plight of children in countries far less fortunate than our own, and to promote an ethical mindset, we have installed water fountains from Aqua Aid throughout the school. Aqua Aid ensure a proportion of the money we spend to regularly replenish our water supply is donated to impoverished African countries, where it is used to help create sustainable solutions to poverty and ensure people who often have to walk miles to find a scant source of drinking water benefit from a continuous supply much closer to home. Our pupils know that every time they take a drink, they are helping to quench someone else’s thirst.