{"id":11255,"date":"2020-12-07T14:48:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T14:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/lesmahagowhs\/?page_id=11255"},"modified":"2025-10-16T22:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:46:43","slug":"equity-and-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/lesmahagowhs\/pupils\/equity-and-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Equity and Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pupil Equity Funding is provided by the Scottish Government directly to schools and is targeted at improving outcomes for young people impacted by poverty, with a focus on closing the poverty related attainment gap.<\/p>\n<p>Within Lesmahagow High School, Miss Leckenby is our Lead Teacher of Equity and Inclusion. Miss Leckenby works closely with pupils, parents\/carers and staff to support young people through a range of projects and activities.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few years, Pupil Equity Funding has been utilised to provide support with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>costs linked to the school day, including additional uniform items, PE kits, trips, lunches, study equipment<\/li>\n<li>literacy and numeracy &#8211; 1-1 support and online learning support<\/li>\n<li>opportunities &#8211; Dynamic Youth Awards, Wellbeing Awards, Mental Health Awards, after school clubs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our Lead Teacher of Equity also raises awareness of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free School Meals<\/li>\n<li>Clothing Grants for School Uniform<\/li>\n<li>National Entitlement Cards to support under 22 free bus travel<\/li>\n<li>UCAS fee waiver for students entitled to Free School Meals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11263\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/lesmahagowhs\/pupils\/equity-and-inclusion\/lhsequity-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/lesmahagowhs\/uploads\/sites\/13579\/2020\/12\/07145454\/LHSequity-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"264,61\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LHSequity-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/lesmahagowhs\/uploads\/sites\/13579\/2020\/12\/07145454\/LHSequity-2.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/lesmahagowhs\/uploads\/sites\/13579\/2020\/12\/07145454\/LHSequity-2.png\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/lesmahagowhs\/uploads\/sites\/13579\/2020\/12\/07145454\/LHSequity-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"61\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pupil Equity Funding is provided by the Scottish Government directly to schools and is targeted at improving outcomes for young people impacted by poverty, with a focus on closing the poverty related attainment gap. Within Lesmahagow High School, Miss Leckenby is our Lead Teacher of Equity and Inclusion. Miss Leckenby works closely with pupils, parents\/carers and staff to support young people through a range of projects and activities. 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