Fundraising – Europa School UK

Europa School Fund

The Europa School Fund is essential for ensuring we can support our unique curriculum. Our school relies on these donations to provide a range of support across our primary and secondary classes. we use the fund to support all our non-core and supplementary activities. These activities are not vital to the basic educational offering but they make the difference between a standard education and a great one. These are the parts that draw out shy students, engage the disengaged, support the struggling and stretch the most able.

If you can afford it, the voluntary donation requested is either £1 or £2 per day per child. However, if you can’t afford this much any amount will help.

For More information about where your money goes please click here.

Mrs Wood’s Presentation 7th November 2024

Capital Campaign

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Help Transform Europa School UK

Join us in making a significant impact at Europa School UK.

In 2025 we want to make significant improvements to the school which will benefit primary and secondary pupils. Find out more here.

We have 3 main priorities for this year:

1. Create a new large Chemistry Laboratory

Our existing chemistry lab is too small for this popular subject and needs extending and bringing up to date to allow the students to fully benefit from the experiment led curriculum the IB offers.

2. Improve playground drainage

All parents are aware of the muddy conditions the school can suffer all year round. This can make the playgrounds unsafe, the classes and internals are filthy and so are the students. The PTA has given a generous donation to improve the playground facilities at the school but to enable us to do this we will need to fix the drainage issues first. We have bid for government funds to improve this but the school will have to contribute funds as well.

3. Toilet build and refurbishment

As a growing school we need to increase the number of toilet facilities available to the students and also embark on a refurbishment project to make them more appealing to students and easier to clean to a high standard.

Your support will help create a safer, more engaging environment for our students. Every contribution makes a difference.

How to donate

If you have a Paypal account, you can set up a regular donation using this link . This is our preferred method as it reduces administration on claiming the gift aid, but if you don’t have a Paypal account please see below for other ways to pay.
One off donation or credit card donation, this link works for annual donations
Bank transfers, if you wish to set up a standing order to the school please see below
Donation via Bank Transfer
Lloyds bank Fundraising account Name: Europa School UK Reference: Child’s Name SC: 30-67-53 Acc: 25548968 If you are a taxpayer in the UK please also complete the gift aid form available below
Payroll Giving, various companies offer payroll giving, we can receive funds in this way, please let us know if you need help setting it up.
Matched Funding, if you company offer matched funding for charitable donations please consider us

Gift Aid

You can download the gift aid declaration forms for bank transfer donations here. Please email a copy to a.cole-morgan@europaschool.uk once you have completed the form

Gift Aid declaration form

Significant Donations

Thanks to Freundeskreis Deutscher Auslandsschulen, a German charity who have made a second generous donation to Europa for resources of €5000. They support schools and other educational institutions that promote the German language abroad.Der Freundeskreis Deutscher Auslandschulen. Even more importantly however is, that this charity will transfer any donations they receive that are earmarked for Europa School UK to us and German donors will receive a tax receipt so they can claim back their donations when they fill out their tax return.
Please see here for more information about how you can help.

What is the School Fund

The School Fund is the £1 per day we request from parents for each child If you can afford more then £2 per day will make a huge difference. It is essential to fund the extra support and resources that enhance your children’s education and experience at school.

We need to maintain a contribution of £162,000 per school year. This is what we spend it on:

Primary

Emotional and Language Support Assistant

Additional language support sessions

Forest School leaders, training and resources

Classroom resources

Secondary

Pastoral Care Counsellor

Careers Counsellor

Art technician

New International Baccalaureate books for the library and class sets

Mental Health Training

All School

Additional staff training staff costs, especially SEN training for staff

Wellbeing support

This would not be possible without the support of our very generous parents.

If more parents could offer their support and contribute any amount regularly, we could offer even more to our school community.

What could we offer with more?

Extra language support

Enhanced training for SEN and Higher level teaching assistants to support students

Further classroom resources and enrichment speakers and visitors’ fund

More funds for school maintenance and upkeep of the site

Does your company offer Matched Funding?

Find out more here.

Why does Europa need to raise money?

Europa is trying to do more than a typical state school and many schools are struggling to make ends meet without making significant cuts to staffing and curriculum. More critically, Europa is still in a transition stage: with only 2 language streams from S2 to S7 and new classrooms needed to accommodate the growing school. Lower than expected funding allocations, increased costs (pay increases, NI and pension costs and general inflation), and limited reserves leave the school unable to cover the costs of the transition stage without raising additional funds.

Please also read the frequently asked questions regarding funding.