Millfields Community School

Millfields has been an UNICEF beacon, Rights Respecting School since 2004. They are diverse in terms of ethnical and cultural backgrounds. Forty-percent of students don’t speak English. They have specialist provisions for special educational needs, autism spectrum disorder and physical disabilities. They promote healthy living through Bike To School, Skip To Be Fit and lunches recognized by Jamie Oliver.

We are keen to engage with other Changemaker schools, as well as schools in our locality, researchers, parents and businesses. We are looking for opportunities such as language exchanges, international projects, teacher training or any other real world learning projects.

Changemaking initiatives:

• Language support - supports students’ language abilities - partnered with the Hackney Speech and Language Therapy Team
• Thematic learning weeks - held on topics including democracy, the arts, and speaking and listening.