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Public Benefit

As one of the UK's largest independent schools, we take our charitable status very seriously, and we are always looking for new ways to enhance our public benefit.

Financial Benefits to the Community

The education of 1,550 pupils in the maintained sector would cost (at £5K per pupil per annum) £7,750,000. This is the amount saved by the taxpayer every year if our students were educated in the maintained sector.

In addition, we provide means-tested bursaries amounting to over £2m per annum. These are awarded to students whose families would otherwise be unable to attend Brentwood School.

Bursaries

It is refreshing and rewarding to work with colleagues who genuinely care for the good of the students in the town rather than merely his/her own personal agenda. One of our key strategies here is to create an 'Independent School Feel’ and our links with Brentwood are crucial to helping us see what an Outstanding Independent School is like. Our challenge is then to see how we can strive to create something similar for our students to benefit from here.

Mr A P Scott-Evans
Headteacher, Becket Keys Church of England School

Impactful Contributions

Our students take part in numerous community service activities, some as part of their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE).

Our DofE students performed over 6,331 hours of community service activities last year, at an estimated value of over £33,427.

Below is a list of projects we have undertaken or are currently undertaking, with local state primary and secondary schools, independent schools in the South East and beyond, local businesses and national organisations, local charities and universities within the UK and abroad.

Public Benefit Project List

The CCF Partnership has enabled Shenfield High School to set up an effective CCF. The SSIs have readily given their time to attend our Open Evenings and support our cadets.

Mrs Carole Herman
Headteacher, Shenfield High School