School

General Information

About our school

Levenshulme High School was established in 1929 to serve the local community in south Manchester. We are proud of the relationship we have with the local community and we strive to encourage our students to become active and caring members of the local community fostering a sense of belonging. The work of our student’s participation range from an annual Eid show to organizing and hosting a Senior Citizens’ Christmas party to End of term Arabic Food and Culture celebration. We are Manchester’s first designated Language College. As well as the mainstream curriculum; Levenshulme High School also runs language courses designed specifically for the wider community. We play an active role in supporting students from other schools, in the Manchester area, to prepare for their examinations and we also host some oral examinations in our Center.

About our partnership

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Levenshulme High School have been working in partnership since winter 2007. At Bhavan the Head of the complementary school has been directly involved in the project and is able to motivate and guide teachers at Bhavan as well as other supplementary schools in the area. The Head of the Language College at Levenshulme has also been involved and has discussed methodology and materials with the teachers at Bhavan on a visit to the school. As a result of the partnership, collaborative teaching materials/structures, introduced at the High school are now being used by teachers at Bhavan. There are also plans in place for Asset Languages assessments to take place in the Summer term.

Much of the partnership work in Manchester has focused on raising awareness about community languages and the value of partnerships between the mainstream and complementary school sectors. Two events were organised by the participating schools. An Annual Event for teachers from both sectors was held and was based around the core theme of “Assessment in Focus”, reflecting the importance of assessment as a means to raising attainment across both sectors. Delegates found the event to be a useful platform for networking and many felt the event laid a foundation for future collaboration between the two sectors. The second event was a twilight seminar aimed at teachers in the complementary sector and organised by Bhavan. Delegates discussed the use of both internal and external Asset assessment and the use of singing in encouraging youngsters to learn phrases and vocabulary.