Literacy Underpins Everything
With our whole school focus on improving literacy across the curriculum all teachers are supporting students to inculcate a love of reading, none more than Mr Back, our...
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With our whole school focus on improving literacy across the curriculum all teachers are supporting students to inculcate a love of reading, none more than Mr Back, our...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
On Wednesday, July 4, the Economics Year 12 group visited the Haberdashers School which was hosted by their economic society featuring a guest of speakers.The itinerary of this...
Posted by Marian Lewis
Posted by James Felix
The start of a new term sees the start of a new programme of sport and physical activity practices, clubs and competitive fixtures. Last year many of our students took the...
Posted by Ashley Cartledge
Monday 17 September saw a visit from a talented singer, Hannah Jane Lewis (recently signed artist to Polydor Records) visiting the school. She performed some of her own...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
Key Stage 3 Megan 9 Willow – Megan is an exceptional student who has always given her best in every aspect of school life. Megan has made an excellent start to this...
Posted by Kashan Malik
Many subject and faculty areas at Bushey Meads have seen significant year on year improvements over the last four years and our inspirational Design and Technology Faculty is one...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Auditions for this year’s musical have already started and the quality of the auditions have been outstanding! We will be holding two more rounds of auditions this week and we ask...
Posted by Natalie Miller
We were delighted this week to hear about the great success of Kushaan – one of our top Key Stage 3 cricketers. Outside of school Kushaan plays for Harrow Cricket Club for...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Over the last four years our popular and successful Sixth Form has grown in both quantity and quality. Outcomes for the all important value added performance measures place our...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
With our whole school focus on improving literacy across the curriculum all teachers are supporting students to inculcate a love of reading, none more than Mr Back, our inspirational Learning Resource Centre Manager. Mr Back works with students across all year groups in the school but our Year 7 and 8 students are lucky enough to all get a dedicated hour in the LRC for their reading lessons with either Mr Back himself or Mrs Timotheou our Deputy Head of Sixth Form.
Pictured here Mr Back is reinforcing the Word of the Week, explaining his expectations and the importance of the student reading reviews (completed for every book they read) and discussing with a number of students their latest literacy accomplishments.


Becoming a great reader improves your verbal and written literacy and
communication, supports the highest level of achievement at GCSE and A level and enables you to secure the very best opportunities beyond school. A child who reads will inevitably become an adult who thinks and succeeds in life!
Very often, in library studies lessons, I recommend books to students, occasionally, they suggest a book for me to read – some I enjoy more than others but, either way, it...