Page 2 - Year 8 and 9 Philanthropy Pack

FOREWORD

Since 1935 Millfield has been a global Belonging to a certain social group,
community founded on the ethos gender, class, minority ethnic group
of philanthropy and discovering the or having a disability, for example,
brilliance in every child. can also reduce the effectiveness of
education to create social mobility
Boss Meyer founded the school with (UN, 2013).
a clear vision to provide support to
students with limited financial means. At the heart of the Discover Brilliance
He persuaded those that could, to campaign is our ambition to be at
help those less financially well off. the forefront of transformational
The school’s Foundation remains bursaries and provide greater support
guided by this principle enabling to those from socially disadvantaged
talented children irrespective of their backgrounds and to safeguard the
background or financial means to long-term sustainability of the
access a Millfield education. Millfield Mix.

The extraordinary diversity of Millfield Andrew Cook Head of Alumni and
pupils (The Millfield Mix) is one of the Foundation
school’s defining characteristics and (Ivythorn 1987-92)
a major influence on the educational
experience.

The Social Mobility Commission
reported in 2021 that ‘Social mobility
has remained stagnant since 2014 “Never respect another
and pupils who have spent 80% of
their schooling in poverty were a human being merely for their
shocking 22.7 months behind non-
disadvantaged pupils on average’. riches, but rather for their

Educational inequalities mean poorer philanthropy; we do not value
children’s education is more likely to
be affected by less parental support the sun for its height, but for
and cognitive stimulation, they are
likely to live in poorer neighborhoods its use.”
with less well-resourced schools and
to have conflicting pressures such as
domestic tasks and paid work (UN, - Gamaliel Bailey
2013).