The Ormiston Academies Trust is investing in chess clubs at its schools. Jemima Waltho looks at how the project has developed

One of Ormiston Academies Trust’s (OAT) key objectives is to ensure that our pupils enjoy the advantages that many of their peers in more affluent areas enjoy.

Our schools are in some of the most disadvantaged parts of the country – including post-industrial areas and coastal towns from Stoke-on-Trent to Grimsby, Lowestoft to the Isle of Wight.

That is why we established our Enrichment Charter, a promise to our pupils that we will provide them with the extra-curricular activities to broaden their horizons, develop their social and emotional competencies and give them opportunities they might not otherwise enjoy.

That means seeing an orchestra or a play at a leading venue, competing in debating clubs or taking part in the Brilliant Club, a university access programme that places university researchers in schools.

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