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|Names and addresses ofadvis|ers<br>(Optional<br>information)|
|---|---|
|T<br>eofadviser<br>Name|Address|
|Name ofchief executive or names ofsenior staff members<br>(Optional<br>information)||
|~<br>e|~ ~<br>A<br>a<br>~<br>~ 4<br>A|
|Description ofthe charity's trusts||
|Type ofgoverning<br>document||
|How the charity is constituted|CIO - FOUNDATION|
|Trustee selection methods||
|Additional<br>governance<br>issues (Optional<br>information)||
|You may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where<br>relevant,<br>about:|The Polish Saturday<br>School<br>in Manchester<br>(PSSM) was founded<br>in 1949<br>as a supplementary<br>school<br>delivering<br>quality<br>education<br>in the<br>Polish<br>language,<br>culture and traditions.|
|~<br>policies and procedures|The school<br>is part of Manchester<br>City Council's<br>Supplementary<br>Schools|
|adopted<br>for the induction<br>and|Network<br>and registered<br>with the Polish Education<br>Society in London. The|
|training<br>oftrustees;|Charity<br>works closely with<br>local Polish groups<br>in the area as well as the|
|~<br>the charity's<br>organisational|Consulate<br>of the Republic of Poland situated<br>in Manchester.|
|structure<br>and any wider<br>network<br>with which the charity<br>works;|The school<br>holds<br>a Quality<br>Framework<br>Gold<br>Award<br>from<br>the<br>National<br>Resource<br>Centre<br>for<br>Supplementary<br>Education<br>and<br>the<br>Foundation<br>Quality Award<br>from Manchester<br>City Council.|
|~<br>relationship<br>with any related<br>parties;<br>~<br>trustees'<br>consideration<br>of<br>major risks and the system|Management<br>of the<br>charity<br>and<br>school<br>is undertaken<br>by the Board of<br>Trustees<br>and<br>a strategic<br>five-year<br>plan<br>is<br>maintained,<br>reviewed<br>and<br>updated<br>each year.|
|and procedures<br>to manage<br>them.|Risk assessments<br>are conducted<br>regularly.<br>A full school evacuation<br>drill is<br>undertaken<br>early<br>in the school year in order to mitigate the risk of a major|
||incident such as a fire or other emergency.|
||A full set of<br>olicies and procedures<br>is maintained<br>and updated<br>re<br>ularl|
||~ ~<br>a<br>e<br>~|
||The objects of the CIO are the advancement<br>of education<br>for the public|
||benefit<br>by the<br>provision<br>of a school<br>called<br>THE POLISH<br>SATURDAY|
|Summary<br>ofthe objects ofthe<br>charity set out in its<br>governing<br>document|SCHOOL<br>IN<br>MANCHESTER<br>at<br>which<br>subjects<br>including<br>Polish<br>Language,<br>Literature,<br>History,<br>Geography,<br>Roman<br>Catholic<br>Religion<br>and<br>the culture and heritage of Poland are taught. Classes are also offered<br>in<br>ihe<br>English<br>language<br>for the<br>parents,<br>carers<br>or guardians<br>of pupils|
||attending<br>the school.|
|AR|2019-2020|





|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>activities undertaken<br>for the<br>public benefit in relation to<br>these objects (include within|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>activities undertaken<br>for the<br>public benefit in relation to<br>these objects (include within|Teaching ofchildren<br>and young people from the ages of3 up to <br>curriculum<br>focused on preparation<br>for national GCSE, AS and A <br>examinations.|18with a<br> level|
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|this section the statutory<br>declaration<br>that trustees<br>have<br>had regard to the guidance||Teaching of the English Language<br>to parents or guardians<br>of children<br>attending<br>the school.||
|issued by the Charity<br>Commission<br>on public<br>benefit)||Fundraising<br>to provide the facilities and resources for the above-<br>mentioned<br>activities.||
|Additional<br>details ofobjectives||and activities (Optional<br>information)||
|You may choose to include<br>further statements,<br>where<br>relevant,<br>about:||The<br>charity<br>hires<br>suitable<br>premises<br>and<br>employs<br>volunteer<br>staff<br>in<br>teaching<br>or support<br>capacities as well as ensuring<br>the health<br>and safety<br>of all students<br>attending<br>the school.||
|~<br>policy on grantmaking;||||
|~<br>policy programme<br>related<br>investment;||The school relies extensively<br>on support<br>from volunteers<br>and parents<br>in<br>its operation<br>including<br>playground<br>duties,<br>administration<br>and fundraising.||
|~<br>contribution<br>made by||||
|volunteers.||||
|~<br>~||||
|||~<br>~<br>~||
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity<br>during the year||The charity<br>supports<br>the largest<br>Polish<br>Saturday<br>school<br>in the North<br>of<br>England<br>with over 430 students<br>attending<br>regularly.<br>The Trustees<br>have<br>negotiated<br>a long-term<br>agreement<br>to ensure<br>that<br>sufficient<br>additional<br>accommodation<br>is available<br>at the<br>hired<br>facilities<br>to meet the school's||
|||rolling 5-year plan.||
|||Students<br>from the school continue to achieve excellent results<br>in|national|
|||examinations<br>in the Polish language.||
|||The<br>popularity<br>of the<br>school<br>has<br>been<br>demonstrated<br>through|strong|
|||demand<br>for places and the provision<br>of additional<br>classes for 5, 6, 7, 8||
|||and 9year olds.||
|||A stable and<br>long-term<br>future<br>for the school is secured<br>through|a multi-|
|||year agreement<br>for the hire of modern<br>educational<br>premises<br>at Loreto||
|||High School, Chorlton.||
|||The<br>main<br>annual<br>fundraising<br>event<br>organised<br>by the parent's|support|
|||group,<br>continues<br>to<br>exceed<br>expectations<br>and<br>provided<br>a|valuable|
|||contribution<br>to the school funds.||
|||The school continues<br>to provide<br>a safe and secure environment|for the|
|||education<br>of students<br>covering<br>the Polish language,<br>culture,<br>history<br>and||
|||geography.||
|||In November<br>2019 the school<br>celebrated<br>its 70'" anniversary|since<br>its|
|||establishment<br>to serve the Polish<br>Community<br>in Manchester<br>and<br>held||
|||special events to mark this significant<br>milestone.||





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|In January<br>2020 the school was awarded<br>a certificate|||||for|||achieving|||||the|
|Higher|Level Manchester<br>Supplementary<br>School|Accreditation||||||||Award.||||
|This means that The Polish Saturday<br>School<br>in||Manchester|||||||has||met the|||
|standard<br>defined<br>by Manchester<br>City<br>Council||required||||to|||achieve||||the|
|Higher|Level Award as follows:|||||||||||||
|~|The<br>Supplementary<br>School<br>is<br>a<br>well||organised|||||||and|||safe|
||environment<br>for all who attend.|||||||||||||
|~|All policies and procedures<br>are in place.|||||||||||||
|~|Curriculum/Resources<br>in place incl:|||||||||||||
||o<br>Planning,<br>assessment,<br>teacher||training,||||||evidence||||of|
||qualification|||||||||||||
||o<br>Training<br>and<br>Support<br>for<br>staff/volunteers-|||||||||Advanced||||
||awareness<br>of cross-cutting<br>issues|||||||||||||
||o<br>Designated<br>Safeguarding<br>Lead has attended||||||||appropriate|||||
||training|||||||||||||
||o<br>List oftraining<br>attended<br>by staff (Training||||matrix)|||||||||
||o<br>Regular staff supervision/appraisals|||||||||||||
|~|Evidence of Partnership<br>working<br>incl Universities|||||||||||||
|~|Links<br>with<br>main<br>Evidence<br>of effective|board|||meetings||||||stream|||
||schools|||||||||||||
|~|Effective links with parents 8 community|served||||||||||||
|~|Engagement<br>with<br>LA: attendance<br>at networks,|||organised|||||||training,|||
||achievement<br>day, conferences|||||||||||||
|The school had previously<br>received the Foundation|||Level|||Award|||||in June|||
|2019 which<br>meant<br>that the school<br>had<br>met the|||standard||||||required||||as|
|follows:||||||||||||||
|~|The<br>Supplementary<br>School<br>is<br>a<br>well||organised|||||||and|||safe|
||environment<br>for all children<br>and young people.|||||||||||||
|~|Key policies and procedures<br>are in place:-|||||||||||||
||a<br>Mission Statement|||||||||||||
||o<br>Safeguarding<br>Policy|||||||||||||
||o<br>E-Safety Policy|||||||||||||
||o<br>Equality<br>and Diversity<br>Policy|||||||||||||
||o<br>Complaints<br>Policy|||||||||||||
||o<br>Behaviour<br>Policy|||||||||||||
||o<br>Safer Recruitment<br>Policy and all staff DBSchecked|||||||||||||
||o<br>Regular Safeguarding<br>training<br>for|all|staff|||||||||||
||o<br>Registers ofattendance|||||||||||||
||o<br>Health 8 Safety Policy|||||||||||||
|~|Appropriate<br>liability insurance|||||||||||||
|~|Transparent<br>financial<br>management|||||||||||||
|The COVID-19 pandemic<br>and subsequent<br>lockdown||||in England|||||||meant|||
|that the school<br>had to suspend<br>all face-to-face||teaching|||||activities|||||from||
|March 2020. Virtual activities were setup instead||where||possible.||||||||||
|As a result of the ongoing<br>pandemic,<br>no further face to||||face|||activities|||||took||
|place during<br>the period under review and the school provided|||||||||a|certificate||||
|of completion<br>of the school year for pupils.||||||||||||||
|Itwas hoped to return to some form offace to face|||teaching|||||in 2020-2021||||||
|but this|would<br>depend<br>on national<br>restrictions<br>and||those|||of|||Loreto|||High||
|School.||||||||||||||





|Briefstatement<br>ofthe<br>charity's<br>policy on reserves|The charity's<br>reserve<br>policy ensures<br>that sufficient<br>capital<br>is available<br>cover the school operational<br>costs for at least the next 12-month period.|to|
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|Details ofany funds materially|||
|in deficit|||
|Further financial<br>review details (Optional<br>information)|||
|You may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where<br>relevant<br>about:|The<br>charity's<br>funding<br>is<br>principally<br>derived<br>from<br>school<br>fees<br>and<br>is<br>supplemented<br>by<br>various<br>fundraising<br>activities<br>including<br>the<br>annual||
||school fair.||
|~<br>the charity's<br>principal|||
|sources offunds (including<br>any fundraising);|The<br>main<br>expenditure<br>is for the<br>hire<br>of premises,<br>for the expenses<br>incurred<br>by the volunteer<br>staff and for books and materials.||
|~<br>how expenditure<br>has<br>supported<br>the key objectives<br>of the charity;|The<br>charity<br>started<br>to offer<br>paid<br>employment<br>to teaching<br>staff<br>from<br>January<br>2020. This measure<br>was undertaken<br>to ensure<br>that the school||
|~<br>investment<br>policy and|can attract and retain the best qualified<br>staff to support the activities.||
|objectives including<br>any<br>ethical investment<br>policy<br>adopted.|The provision<br>of remote teaching<br>using<br>virtual sessions<br>in addition<br>to the<br>employment<br>of teachers<br>is expected<br>to impact the financial<br>reserves<br>of<br>the school<br>on account<br>of reduced<br>pupil<br>numbers<br>and<br>therefore<br>lower||
||income from fees.||
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|With the support of the parents group, the school is a vibrant<br>community<br>that facilitates a social support|||
|network for families who have migrated<br>to the area from Poland.|||
|We actively promote the Polish|language<br>and culture to all, and we also cater for adults of children<br>attending||
|the school who wish to learn the <br>The fee structure<br>helps families|Polish language<br>in addition to 3 English language classes.<br> with more than one child attending<br>the school. The Trustees are able to||
|consider discretionary<br>assistance for families<br>with unexpected<br>financial<br>hardships.|||






|||||||||The Polish Saturday|School in|Manchester|Manchester||1160848|||
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|||||||||Receipts and pa|||ments accounts||||CC16a|
|||||||||For the period<br>from|01/09/201 9|||To|31/08/2020|||
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|||||||||Unrestricted<br>funds|Restricted<br>funds||Endowment<br>funds||Total|funds|Last year|
|||||||||to the nearest<br>f|to the nearest 5||to|the nearest 6|to the nearest 5||to the nearest 6|
|A1 Recei ts||||||||||||||||
|School Fees||||||||71,217||||||71,217|69,510|
|Donations/Grants||||||||9,546||1,367||||10,913|6,107|
|Fundraising<br>events||||||||3,475||||||3,475|4,668|
|Sundry Income||||||||345||||||345|138|
|u<br>ota||ross|income|||or||||||||||
|||||||AR)||84,583||1,367||||85,950|82,643|
|A2<br>sset and|investment|||sa es,||||||||||||
|see table .||||||||||||||||
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|||Total||receipts||||84,583||1,367||||85,950|82,643|
|A3 Pa ments||||||||||||||||
|Premises<br>rent||||||||21,573||||||21,573|21,602|
|Volunteers'<br>costs<br>Books 8 Teaching||materials||||||9,895<br>12,506||||||9,895<br>12,506|19,681<br>11,049|
|Services||||||||6,161||||||6,161|9,274|
|Office costs||||||||1,549||||||1,549|7,555|
|Other Payments||||||||11,348||||||11,348|8,768|
|Wages & Nl||||||||19,197||1,367||||20,564|4,902|
|Cash advance|||||||||||||||150|
||||Sub||total|||82,229||1,367||||83,596|82,981|
|A4 Asset and|investment|||||||||||||||
||||Sub||total|||||||||||
|||Total payments||||||82,229||1,367||||83,596|82,981|
|Net ofreceiptsl(payments)||||||||2,354||||||2,354|338|
|A5 Transfers|between||funds|||||||||||||
|A6 Cash funds||last year||end||||130,272||||||130„272|130,610|
|Cash funds this year|||||end|||132,626||||||132,626|130,272|





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||||'.n(r.||;i&.r.:n&:|||D&'.|rail||||Unrestricted<br>funds|||Restricted<br>funds||Endowment<br>funds|
||||||||||||||to|nearest E||to nearest|E|to nearest E|
|B1Cash|||funds|||||Current Account||||||131,211|||||
|||||||||Petty cash||||||1,415|||||
|||||||||Cash in transit|||||||||||
|||||||||||Total||cash funds||132,626|||||
||||||||||(agree balances|with receipts and payments|||||||||
|||||||||||||account(s))|||||||
||||||||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted||Endowment|
||||||||||||||funds|||funds||funds|
|||||||||Details|||||to|nearest E||to nearest E||to nearest E|
|B2Other|||monetary assets||||||||||||||||
|||||||||Details|||||Fund to which<br>asset belon s||Cost (optional)|||Current value<br>o tional|
|B3Investment|||||assets||||||||||||||
|||||||||Details|||||Fund to which<br>asset belon s||Cost (optional)|||Current value<br>o tional|
|B4Assets retained for||||||the|||||||||||||
|charity's|||own use||||||||||||||||
||||||||||||||Fund|to which|Amount due|||When due|
||||||||||||||liabili|relates||o tional||o tional|
|B5Liabilities||||||||||PAYE|||unrestricted||||184||
|Signed<br>behalf|by one or two trustees<br> of all the trustees|||||on|||Signature|||||Print Name||||Date of<br>a<br>roval|
|||||||||||||||Agnieszka|Predka|||25/05/2021|





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