Today, Azza School شكرا

Visit to another great supplementary school, today Azza School شكرا

Supplementary school established by the Sudanese Community of Kensington & Chelsea for children and young people aged 5-19 years, teaching English, Maths and Arabic to GCSE.

Azza School is one of seven supplementary schools to have been award a British Academy Schools Language Award 2014 for an innovative project aimed at improving students’ skills in Arabic and English through the use of poetry, drama and the visual arts. The winning projects were selected by a panel of judges from more than one hundred applications from across the UK, including:

Professor Nigel Vincent FBA (Chair) – Professor Emeritus of General and Romance Linguistics, University of Manchester

Colin Bradshaw – Head of the Senior School, Southlands English School in Rome and National Winner of the 2012 British Academy Schools Language Awards with Dallam School

Kathryn Board – Senior Consultant, Alcantara Communications LLP and former Chief Executive of CILT, the National Centre for Languages

Professor Celia Britton FBA – Professor of French and Francophone Literature, University College London

Baroness Sue Garden – Liberal Democrat peer and former Government Whip and Spokesperson for the Department for Culture Media and Sport; Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Higher Education), and the Department for Education.