Impact Report 2022-2023

3 IMPACT REPORT

Inspiring Service When I took up my appointment as Warden in September 2021, people asked me about my priorities for the future. I talked about fostering scholarship, about delivering excellence and – above all – about inspiring service. Much has changed at Teddies in the last two years, and those same people are now starting to ask me different questions: among all the changes and innovations, which gives you the greatest cause for pride, the greatest reason for satisfaction? The answer is not the record breaking exam results or the upward trends in admissions. The answer lies beyond Teddies: the success of Teddies Collaborates and the development of a culture of service are the most important achievements of the last two years. Everyone involved in creating and running those programmes takes great pride in their work, in the difference which they are making to lives within and beyond Teddies. But none of us is satisfied, because much more work remains to be done. Our objective is to make service universal, for every pupil to be meaningfully involved in partnership work

...the success of Teddies Collaborates and the development of a culture of service are the most important achievements of the last two years. ALASTAIR CHIRNSIDE WARDEN

every year during their time at Teddies. The proof of success will be found in the Upper Sixth, who can choose whether to continue their work beyond Teddies. Already many of them are freely and actively choosing to continue, alongside their academic and co-curricular commitments. Our objective is for all of them to make that choice, and for all our leavers then to become active contributors to their communities and to society. When that happens, we will be able to say that they have learnt with us at Teddies the most

important lesson of all: the impact of kindness, integrity and courage. That is the destination, and we are well on our way. I hope that you enjoy reading about our progress in this second impact report. Alastair Chirnside Warden