Dissatisfied with Schools in UK, Sikh Community of Coventry Establishes Its Own School

Opening Cermony
Opening Ceremony

LONDON, UK—Dissatisfying with Coventry schools of Britain, members of Sikh community have established their own school for their new generation. The School in Coventry kicked off term this week with 130 students, with plans to increase the strength to 1,450 over the next five years.

The newly opened school has been set up under the UK Government’s free school system, which functions on an independent state-funded model and is free to attend, the Coventry Telegraph reported.

Most of the students are of Sikhs but a handful is from other faiths as well. The school uses the maths curriculum based on schools in Singapore, where pupils are ahead of those in other countries.

Like many primary schools in Coventry, the school follows the International Primary Curriculum, and teachers are using Kagan strategies, a method where pupils work closely together in groups and help each other.

Deputy head Suneta Bagri said, “The trustees are born and bred in Foleshill suburb in Coventry and want to give something back to the community, adding, “They left school with low aspirations in life. They achieved anyway and became professionals but they want better for the next generation of children. The Seva School ethos is that every child can and will achieve.”

It is temporarily housed in a former special school in Tiverton Road, Wyken suburb, ahead of a move to a permanent home on a site yet to be announced.

The school is one of three newly established schools in the city, alongside free school the Muslim Eden Girls School, in Foleshill, and University Technical College the WMG Academy for Young Engineers in Mitchell Avenue, Canley.

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