A school which set up a “pay as you feel” food shop, launderette and uniform store to support struggling families is a finalist for a global education prize.
Cadoxton Primary School, in Barry, south Wales, is one of two schools in the UK which have reached the final three for the T4 Education World’s Best School prizes.
The Welsh seaside town state school has been shortlisted among the world’s best for overcoming adversity in recognition of its efforts to tackle food poverty amid the cost-of-living crisis.
Another school in Wales, Cardiff Sixth Form College – a private school – has made the final three of the global prize for supporting healthy lives.
The international school runs a pastoral programme designed to promote positive mental and physical health among its high-achieving A-level students.
Students are set tasks, such as volunteering, for which they are awarded points over the course of two years.
The winners of the five World’s Best prizes – for community collaboration, environmental action, innovation, overcoming adversity, and supporting healthy lives – will each receive 50,000 US dollars (£40,000).
Last year, Dunoon Grammar School, a state secondary school in Scotland, was crowned winner of the global prize for community collaboration.
