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One of our top teachers and hard working Second in Faculty for PE & Health, Mrs S Cooper led an excellent ‘Monday Magic Moment’ at the start of this week where she...
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One of our top teachers and hard working Second in Faculty for PE & Health, Mrs S Cooper led an excellent ‘Monday Magic Moment’ at the start of this week where she...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
I would like to thank all the parents and carers and, of course, all the Year 11 students who attended the important Raising Achievement Evening on Tuesday of this week. It was...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
There was a real buzz in the school on Wednesday evening of this week for our annual Year 9 Options Evening. As Assistant Headteacher Ms Knowles pointed out to parents and carers...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
On Tuesday morning this week it was really impressive to join Mrs Famili’s Year 10 GCSE English class and listen to the high level discussion, thoughtful reflections and...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
With such an important Theme of the Week this week, it was a real privilege to join Oak House and sit in on their House Assembly led by Mr Symeou, their inspirational Head of...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Last Friday morning our More Able Coordinator Ms Hargreaves inspired us to think about exciting plans for this year’s Flair Week, taking place during the last week of term....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Posted by Jeremy Turner
One of our crucial teams at the very heart of our operation as a school and multi academy trust is our incredibly hardworking and talented IT Team. Their expertise helps keep our...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
In our last Friday Faculty Foci of the half term before the recent holiday, Deputy Headteacher Mr Searle launched this year’s Passport to the Prom Initiative with all staff...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Every Friday our school falls silent for 20 minutes and in every CDC Time students are read to by their Character Development Coaches as they carefully follow the texts with...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
One of our top teachers and hard working Second in Faculty for PE & Health, Mrs S Cooper led an excellent ‘Monday Magic Moment’ at the start of this week where she shared her well-crafted Student Self Analysis review sheets and ideas with all staff for how these can effectively support students to identify areas for improvement and the clear next steps to take to powerfully move their work on to the next level.
She also showcased her visual tracking sheet which is shared with students, and parents and carers, to ensure that everyone knows what needs to be done to maximise achievement over time. The sense of working powerfully together with all stakeholders was very strong and is clearly having an impact in supporting all her students to achieve both at and above their potential.
Despite the continued challenges we are all experiencing, it was good to start the week with our usual focus on teaching and learning. Head of Biology Mr Gall was sharing with...
All teachers across the Bushey St James Trust met at Hartsbourne on Wednesday 20th November for the first Teacher Toolkit session, the theme of which was well-being. Although only...