At St Paul’s Way Trust School, we provide a rich and dynamic co-curricular programme designed to develop confident, resilient and well-rounded young people. Our wide range of activities and experiences helps students build cultural capital and essential life skills, enabling them to thrive both academically and beyond the classroom.

Our provision is carefully structured and progressive, bringing together personal development, public speaking, careers education, student leadership, social action, and trips and enrichment. Through a clear KS3 pathway, students complete Aspire in Year 7, progress to leadership accreditation in Year 8, and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award in Year 9. This journey continues to challenge and support students through to Year 13, ensuring all learners benefit from meaningful opportunities to grow, contribute and succeed.

Breakfast Clubs

Accessing breakfast club for your child is done through a signup system; please contact the school if you require this.

Enrichment Activities

At St Paul’s Way, we offer a wide range of enrichment clubs for pupils from year 7 through to year 13. These run before, during and after school by members of our staff and, in addition to some of our sixth form students (with staff supervision). Enrichment activities are a fantastic opportunity for students to learn a new skill, build their confidence and stay active, which can support their overall development. The enrichment clubs provided are free of charge and open to all. Please look at the timetable attached below for the latest enrichment activities provided.  If you have any questions please see your form tutor.

Trips

Over the course of the academic year, your child will be offered the opportunity to take part in extra-curricular off-site trips. These trips change each year according to availability, but we endeavour to offer every year group an off-site trip during the year. Some permanent fixture highlights include:

• All of Year 7 and Year 8 going to The Globe Theatre to watch a Shakespeare production
• Year 8 and Year 9 CSB Students go on a residential trip to Jamie’s Farm
• All Year 9 students go to The Imperial War Museum to learn contextual information for History and English
• Residential trips

First Story

St Paul’s way is delighted to partner with First Story, a charity organisation working to develop the writing skills of young people and offer them the opportunity to become published writers.
Read more about our First Story partnership here.

Science Summer School

The St Paul’s Way Science Summer School takes place live and is in it’s 14th year.

Read more about our Science Summer School

Brian Cox CBE, OBE, FRS is a patron of St Paul's Way

Literacy and Public Speaking

Public speaking and oracy continue to be a key strength of the school, supported both through the curriculum and a range of external opportunities.

Model United Nations (MUN) successfully saw a number of students taking part in preparatory sessions and attending a two-day conference in December. The conference focused on the theme of AI and Justice, with students representing countries including Indonesia, Japan and Iran. They performed exceptionally well, with three students receiving awards for their position papers and overall contributions. A further two-day conference is planned for the summer term, with approximately 15 Year 10 students expected to take part.

In addition, a cohort of 30 Year 10 students participated in public speaking training delivered by the Jack Petchey Speak Out Trust. Two students went on to represent the school at the Tower Hamlets Regional Final, achieving an impressive third place among ten competing schools. 

The Jack Petchey Foundation also contributes to school projects in other ways including:

• Speak Out Challenge

To find out more visit the Jack Petchey Foundation website.

University Pathway Programme

The University Pathway Programme, managed by The Brilliant Club, is designed to help pupils increase their chances of attending a highly-selective university. It is an excellent opportunity for your child to experience university-style learning through tutorials run by Dr Gallagher, a teacher who completed his PhD in cosmology.

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