A Calm and Focused Start to Fridays at BMS
Our Friday morning silent reading sessions in Character Development Time (CDC Time) are now becoming an embedded part of the way we are strengthening our key literacy agenda at...
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Our Friday morning silent reading sessions in Character Development Time (CDC Time) are now becoming an embedded part of the way we are strengthening our key literacy agenda at...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was great to walk through some outstanding Year 7 morning Character Development sessions this week and see some of our inspiring Character Development Coaches engaging all...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
We now call our Form Tutors ‘Character Development Coaches’ so that their title truly reflects the hugely important role that they have in our superb school. They have never just...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Every week our Character Development Coaches (previously called Form Tutors) lead a variety of 20 morning sessions with their House teams and attend a weekly Main School, House...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Each morning the school day starts with 20 minutes quality time in tutor groups during which students follow a programme of activities including careers guidance, PSHE and...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
Our Friday morning silent reading sessions in Character Development Time (CDC Time) are now becoming an embedded part of the way we are strengthening our key literacy agenda at Bushey Meads. I was really impressed with Mr Burnell’s Year 10 CDC group all reading silently along with him as their Character Development Coach.
Mrs Kinghorn’s Sixth Form CDC group were also making the most of the 20 minute session, making for a really calm and focused start to their day of learning.

On Thursday 17th October I had the absolute pleasure of taking the newly recruited reading mentors team through their initial training prior to meeting their reading buddies. We...
Bushey Meads is a Reading School! With the gorgeous weather we had over Easter weekend, I was teased with one of the best things about a summer holiday; sitting outside immersed...