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At the end of last week all parents of children currently in Year 6 received information about their child’s secondary school allocation for September. This year again there...
Earlier this term I was privileged as the Executive Principal to be able to represent Bushey Meads School and The Bushey St James Trust at a national conference in London. Held at...
Our inspirational Pastoral Manager Mr Malik led the assemblies this week on the theme of cooperation and gave some superb examples of Bushey Meads students cooperating effectively...
On Thursday of this week four outstanding Sixth Form students presented their amazing art work to me as the Executive Principal as part of a design competition for the world...
It is so good to be part of a Multi Academy Trust – especially when you get the opportunity to learn and share best practice with outstanding practitioners like Laura Moses....
n line with our current drive to encourage all students to read for pleasure, widen their vocabulary and develop their literacy skills, on Wednesday of this week we held our first...
It was so good to supervise one of the weekly reading lessons in the Learning Resource Centre or LRC this week and see so many of our Year 7 students clearly making the most of...
Developing our students to be independent learners is an ongoing focus at Bushey Meads School and we are constantly sharing best practice and honing our craft in this hugely...
The school fell silent again last Friday morning during Character Development Time as students read quietly with their Character Development Coaches and Teaching Assistants. At...
One of the key aspects of the new emerging Ofsted inspection framework focuses on whether schools offer an ambitious curriculum that enables all learners the knowledge and the...
At the end of last week all parents of children currently in Year 6 received information about their child’s secondary school allocation for September.
This year again there were nearly 1000 applications for the 200 sort after places at our school for Year 7 students. In terms of popularity this places Bushey Meads firmly in the top 10 of secondary schools across the whole county of Hertfordshire.
The popular parents’ website Schools Guru describes Bushey Meads School as ‘one of Hertfordshire’s hottest secondary schools, attracting more applicants than any others in the county in 2019!’
As one of the ‘most wanted’ secondary schools in 2019 we attracted nearly 5 applicants per available place. In addition our first preferences are now up 20% and our second preferences are up 15% from 2014.
We have also noted a big increase in applications from our BSJT feeder primary schools, reflecting the continuing great work across the three schools within our innovative Multi Academy Trust. This will inevitably ensure an even better and smoother transition process as we continue to work together to ensure that all students achieve their true potential at every level of their educational journey through the Bushey St James Trust.
Our catchment area is now less than 2 kilometers, again reflecting our continued outstanding success and genuine desire to be a real school of choice for our local community.
Exciting times!
