2024-08-31-accounts - Greek School Of St. Nicholas Liverpool

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ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΟ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΩΝ & ΜΕΓ. ΒΡΕΤΑΝΙΑΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ & ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑΚΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ AΓ. ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΛΙΒΕΡΠΟΥΛ GREEK SCHOOL OF ST. NICHOLAS LIVERPOOL

Aims

The aim of the Greek School of St. Nicholas Liverpool is to strengthen the community by bringing children and adults together to teach them the Greek language, traditions, customs and Greek Orthodox faith.

Objectives

The objects of the Greek School of St. Nicholas Liverpool are:

1) to advance education of the public, particularly but not exclusively among the Greek people in the United Kingdom, concerning Greek culture, traditions, language and history
2) to advance education by operating, supporting, expanding and developing a Greek orthodox school and in particular that known as the Greek School of St. Nicholas Liverpool
3) to advance religion in accordance with the Greek orthodox faith.

Activities

The Greek school of St. Nicholas was established in the middle of 1950’s by parents / members of the Greek and Greek-Cypriot community of Merseyside and North Wales as part of the group of schools of the Central Educational Council of Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. Their vision was to establish an educational setting that will help their children to learn the Greek language and maintain their heritage. Its name illustrates the fact that the school is an integral part of the Greek Community of Liverpool, Merseyside and North Wales.

The school changed various forms and locations and since September 2021 it takes place on Saturdays during term time at Childwall Sport Academy, Queens Drive, Liverpool, which is our main location. Classes are also available online. In all our locations we hire classes and facilities from third parties.

The current location is:

LIVERPOOL: Childwall Sports and Science Academy Fiveways, Queens Dr, Liverpool L15 6XZ

The school is officially a member of the Liverpool supplementary schools network and the National Resource Centre of Supplementary Education. It is recognised and supported by the Greek and Cypriot Ministry of Education that set the curriculum. This is tailored to the students that learn Greek as a second language (in a ‘parikiako’ school) while they attend a full time English school, and it is not an exact match of the full-time educational system in Greece or Cyprus.

It accepts school age children mainly of Greek and Greek Cypriot origin. However, children of any other background with an interest in Greek language and culture, as well as adults are welcome to join.

We provide classes from Reception to GCSE and A-level, for children from 5 to 18 years old, and adult’s Greek language classes. We are proud to represent over 65 students and 16 adults that currently attend the school.

During the academic year 2024-2025 we maintained most of our children classes in the classrooms on Saturdays while we had a small number of 1-2-1 children and adult online lessons during weekdays at the evenings. We have been able to fill all the teaching positions this year following the assignment of one teacher in our school from the Cypriot embassy in London to the Northwest UK area.

Administration & Teaching

The school is part of the Central Educational Council (Κεντρικό Εκπαιδευτικό Συμβούλιο – ΚΕΣ) of Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain group of schools (http://www.kes.education/).

The school is a non-profit organisation and since April 2016 has been registered with the UK Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

It is managed by unpaid committee members as described by the rules of school committees and our constitution. Three members are pupils’ parents elected by the pupils’ parents, while the rest are members of the Greek Church of St. Nicholas committees and members of the Greek Community with an interest in educational matters assigned by ΚΕΣ. The head teacher and the local priest of the St. Nicholas church of Liverpool are honorary members of the committee.

The main body of the committee is composed of the Chairman, the Secretary and the Treasurer. The above members are elected directly from the school committee members.

ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΟ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΩΝ & ΜΕΓ. ΒΡΕΤΑΝΙΑΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ & ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑΚΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ AΓ. ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΛΙΒΕΡΠΟΥΛ GREEK SCHOOL OF ST. NICHOLAS LIVERPOOL

The teaching staff currently consists of (6) teachers and (2) teaching assistant. 4 of them are paid directly by the Greek School mainly for the Saturday and the online classes while 2 staff members are sponsored and paid by the Cypriot Ministry of Education. The Cypriot and the Greek Ministry of Education and the Archdiocese support the school with books and educational material.

The current school committee consist of:

Trustees

Chairman - Panagiotis Maropakis

Treasurer – Olga Bakatsi-Cooke

Secretary – Anna Katsara

Member – Elpiniki Smith

Member – Anna Kousteni

Member – Theoulla Haralambous

(Representative of the church benevolent committee)

Member – Father Stavros Kasinos

(Priest of St. Nicholas Church Liverpool)

Honorary member

Member – Ioanna Karageorgou (Head-teacher)

Accreditation & Partners

Our school follows the laws, rules and guidelines as set by the UK Government, the Local Educational Authority, ΚΕΣ and the Education Ministries of Greece and Cyprus.

We are members of:

Central Educational Council of Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain,
Liverpool City Council Supplementary Schools Network
National Resource Centre of Supplementary Schools

At the start of the 2015 academic year, we achieved the Bronze Award of the National Resource Centre Quality Framework scheme, while in April 2016 we succeeded in the Silver Award and in August 2017 the Gold Award. This is a UK wide recognised accreditation and shows that in addition to the basic policies and procedures, the supplementary school provides a wellorganised learning environment with straightforward teaching, record keeping and resources that support children’s and young people’s achievement and raise their self-esteem.

Policies & Procedures

The school maintain and updates the necessary policies and procedures, and they are available on request, some examples are:

Description of supplementary school Statement of aims
List of Management Committee
Home – School Agreement
Equal opportunities statement
List of staff and volunteers
Staffing and volunteer policy
Child protection policy
Safeguarding policy statement
DBS checks
Health and safety policy
Offsite procedure
Complaints procedure
Registration form for children
Registers of attendance

ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΟ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΩΝ & ΜΕΓ. ΒΡΕΤΑΝΙΑΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ & ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ

ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑΚΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ AΓ. ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΛΙΒΕΡΠΟΥΛ GREEK SCHOOL OF ST. NICHOLAS LIVERPOOL

Financial rules
Certificate of Public and Employers Liability Insurance
E-Safety Policy
Privacy Policy
Zero Tolerance Policy

Planning / Evaluation

The Education Offices of Greek and Cypriot Embassies in London set the goals and objectives for each age group/level and a standardised approach in documents / templates and procedures for scheme of work, lessons planning, and evaluation is followed.

Our students participate in GCSE and ‘A’ Level exams in Modern Greek language as well as ‘Elinomatheia’ (Learn Greek) exams run by a Greek organisation that lead to a recognised qualification in Greece. There are also visits for support and evaluation from the responsible persons in the Education Offices of the embassies and the mentor from National Resource Centre of Supplementary Education (NRCSE). The school also runs classroom observations and peer-to-peer observations, and the parents receive an update on pupils’ progress from teachers twice a year at the first term and near the end of the academic year.

Training

The Greek school of St. Nicholas Liverpool organised and supported teachers to attend training/seminars run by local training providers and the education offices as well as registering teachers with an education on-line training service provider.

Community events and activities

This year the Greek school of St. Nicholas organised and run the following events:

Greek School Christmas celebration
International Day of Languages event
‘28[th] October’ celebrations
Greek language Day
Greece/Cyprus Independence Day celebrations at Greek church

‘Καθαρή Δευτέρα’ / Clean Monday celebrations (κούλουμα-χαρταετός)
Easter celebrations
Liverpool European Festival (LEF)

Goals and Targets

At the beginning of the academic year the below goals and targets were set:

❑ Secure facilities in Childwall Sports Academy school – Completed
❑ Maintain allocated hours from the education office of the Cypriot embassy Completed
❑ Organise and run online adult classes in Greek Language – Completed
❑ Maintain and expand online classes – Completed
❑ Run Parents Survey – Planned for July 2025
❑ Recruitment of skilled/experienced teachers that meet school requirements - On going
❑ Update and supplement school policies and procedures - On going
❑ Maintain School website - On going
❑ Use support and opportunities from local authorities through the Supplementary Schools Network to achieve a certain level of quality standards for the provided education - On going
❑ Support continuous learning and development of the teachers through the educational office in the embassies, online training, and the Supplementary Schools Network - On going
❑ Use latest social network means (i.e., email newsletter, Facebook, twitter etc.) to communicate news and events to teachers, parents, and students - On going
❑ Investigate opportunities for funding from local authorities through the Supplementary school’s network – 3 funding applications submitted
❑ Maintain and develop activities for fundraising - Running IDCards activity

Challenges

Building / facilities in Childwall Academy school – availability and increased cost
Recruitment of skilled/experienced teachers that meet school requirements
Small size community school but with all requirements, challenges, and difficulties of an English state school

Finances

The Greek School of St. Nicholas relies on a contribution towards the lessons paid by the parents, donations, grants, and fundraising events/activities. Overall, the previous year finished with a loss of £808, due to the reduction on the number of students and the increased cost of the rent and teachers’ payments. The overall financial results for the 2023-2024 have been submitted to the Charity Commission website and will be presented at the AGM.

INTERNAL#

Greek School of St. Nicholas, Liverpool. Registered Charity Number 1166496

C.I.O.

Financial Statements for the year ending 31st. August 2024.

General (unrestricted) Fund Receipts and Payments Account.

General (unrestricted) Fund Receipts and Payments Account.
		Total		Total		Total
	2024	2024	2023	2023	2022	2022
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Receipts
Liverpool Fees	13964		17831		17687
Chester Fees	410		1080		1430
Grants	3470	17844	2479	21390	2050	21167
Fundraising	127
Adults Fees	5525	5525	5632	5632	8350	8350
Total Receipts		23496		27022		29517
Payments
Liverpool Teachers	8642		13826		11994
Chester Teachers	869		840		882
Liverpool Rent	5248		4965		8365
Chester Rent	nil		952		1061
Storage Unit Rent	997		844		743
Misc.	4788	20544	4335	25762	3164	26209
Adults Teachers	3168				2760
Rent	592				nil
Misc.	nil	3760	257	257	444	3204
Total Payments		24304		26019		29413
Surplus/Deficit for the year		-808		1003		104
Bank Account for the year beginning 1st. September 2023		24499		23496		23392
Bank Account for the year ending 31st. August 2024		23691		24499		23496

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st. August 2024.

Cash Funds	General	Total	Total	Total
	Fund	2024	2023	2022
	Unrestricted	£	£	£
	£
Nat West Bank		23691	24499	23496
Total		23691	24499	23496
Liabilities
Non-monetary assets

Notes

The Financial Statements of the Greek School of St. Nicholas Liverpool have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis.

Approved by the trustees at their meeting on and signed on their behalf by -

P Maropakis

Date: 10/06/2024