Osmani Primary School, Tower Hamlets, partnered with Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Background to the scheme
Age of students - 9 and 10 year olds
Sessions - Held weekly
Length of partnership - Over 10 years
Impact of the scheme
- Students develop confidence and proficiency in maths
skills
- Students meet people from differing cultural backgrounds which
improves community cohesion
- Raising the school's profile within the local community
- The company has provided funds for other school enrichment
activities, e.g. a school trip to a pantomime
- The school was awarded 'outstanding' for their partnership with
Bank of America Merrill Lynch by OFSTED in July 2007
- Attendance has improved (as students who have 100% attendance
over the academic year receive a Bank of America Merrill Lynch
award and a special prize)
- Volunteers view their participation as a 'stress buster'