Jack Petchey Foundation

The school has been part of the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme since 2011. 

This is a reward and recognition scheme for schools and clubs to help celebrate the achievements of their students.  Look out for notices about when you can nominate a young person for the award this year!

The Process (or nomination)

What does the winner receive?

The winner receives: a framed certificate, a pin badge, and £200 to be spent on a school or community project of their choice. The other nominated students are given a small amount of money that they can spend within the school community.

Recent winners:

Lincoln – Year 11

In 10 years of teaching I don’t think I have EVER come across such a hardworking and dedicated pupil. He actively takes part in every single lesson without fail. He gets consistently high grades but even so, he still comes to see me in his own time to see how he can improve. He diligently makes notes of everything I say and he is always teaching me new things! He reads around texts so extensively that he can shed new light and perspectives on things and I love hearing his ideas! Many of which I haven’t considered myself so I learn lots from him and I am so grateful for that. Additionally, he is exceptionally polite, kind to others and greatly appreciative and respectful. I genuinely look forward to teaching him and I’m excited to see him achieve.

Eve – Year 10

One of the most hard working and multitasking students we have! As well as getting excellent reports and grades at school, Eve regularly participates in after school clubs at school and plays for school teams. She is the only student in the year to have achieved a Silver leadership award. In addition to this, she is a member of the Cadets 323 Squadron at Epsom and Ewell. She attended 2 nights a week for 3.5 hours, getting home very late each night! She has completed weapons training and is about to undertake BAT training (basic adventure training). She has represented Surrey wing at Netball and athletics and she is also completing her Bronze DofE award with the cadets. She also swims twice a week with Cheam Baracudas and has most recently taken on a role coaching the Under 10s twice a week. A very good egg!

Jess – Year 11

Jess is one of the most hard working students. She comes to lessons with a big smile on her face and prepared for all lessons. She has developed her making skills into 3 dimensional pieces of art, you actually cannot close her sketchbook due to the amount of work in it. She absorbs knowledge and pushes the boundary of fashion, especially in her under the skin product where she is using bone in such a unique way. Jess is a natural at Textiles and has an exciting path ahead of her.

Ollie – Year 8

Ollie is such an enthusiastic and keen geographer. He relates everything we study to his own personal life and can make such great connections. Ollie is the proud owner of a gecko!! He knows about the ecosystem it needs to survive and applies this to our lessons on different biomes. He would love to see a Komodo dragon but knows he has a long trip to Indonesia for this. Ollie is fortunate enough to be a keen traveller with his family too and bring lessons to life with stories of his ventures - and he’s only 11! Ollie pays real attention to detail in class - nothing is missed and he thinks what others don't, and asks what others can’t.  As well as all of his geographical attributes, Ollie is also a very helpful and polite student. He is always willing to support others in class and is a pleasure to teach.

Carla – Year 13

Carla has been an exceptional student in Hairdressing, she is always so organised and will stop what she’s doing in her lesson to support one of her peers (an example of this is if she is doing a cut on her dolls head and one of her classmates isn’t sure of the angles they need to hold the hair, she will happily stop what she’s doing and help them first).  I had to go to a funeral on the afternoon of 13+ eve, I asked Carla if she would help in the department talking to parents and students, as she had previously taken the GCSE course. A member of staff located along the corridor from the salon came up to me the next day and said she couldn’t believe how amazing Carla and the other girls were, confidently talking to parents and students and directing them to examples of work. She said they were absolutely amazing and a real credit to the department.

Samuel – Year 9

It is a pleasure to teach Sam.  He is a dedicated student who always tries his best. I teach him for Media Studies and English. In both subjects he is always on time, prepared, hardworking and participates fully both inside and outside of the classroom (excellent effort with homework). He makes valuable, insightful contributions in class and even when others try to distract him, he remains on task and exceeds expectations either by doing more than asked or the additional challenge that has been set.  Sam is always smartly dressed, courteous and polite to all. In addition, his perseverance and resilience is outstanding.  He embodies the qualities of a successful student: hardworking, resilient and respectful of others.

Chloe – Year 11

Chloe is one of the most hard working students. She comes to lessons with a big smile on her face and prepared for all lessons. She has developed her making skills into 3 dimensional pieces of art, you actually cannot close her sketchbook due to the amount of work in it. She absorbs knowledge and pushes the boundary of fashion and has even entered a Burberry Fashion contest and came in the top 10 in her age range. Chloe is a natural at Textiles and has an exciting path ahead of her.

Denys – Year 8

I would be absolutely delighted to nominate Denys Tymoshyshyn for the Jack Petchey Award. Denys joined CHS as a refugee from Ukraine in May of 2022. He fled the conflict with his mum and has left his dad (who is fighting) behind. He arrived with minimal confidence and a limited amount of English. Denys' work ethic has bowled me over. It has been a pleasure seeing him come out of his shell and improve his English. The work he has done with Mrs Shadbolt has been absolutely incredible. I am so proud to be teaching him.