Vertical Tutoring at BMS
It has been a real privilege to see first hand all students engaging positively in the vertical Character Development Groups created for our annual Vertical Tutoring Fortnight....
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It has been a real privilege to see first hand all students engaging positively in the vertical Character Development Groups created for our annual Vertical Tutoring Fortnight....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Head of House Mr Piper and Associate Leader Mr O’Kelly led the Friday Faculty Focus last Friday to prepare all staff for this year’s vertical tutoring fortnight. In mixed age...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Mr Dowty’s Year 9 CDC group are participating in guided reading sessions in CDC time on Friday mornings as part of our continued focus on improving literacy and reading at...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
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
Having recently introduced our new CDC ‘Reading Fridays’ it has been really powerful to see first hand the impact of these dedicated sessions. For 20 minutes the whole...
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
It has been a real privilege to see first hand all students engaging positively in the vertical Character Development Groups created for our annual Vertical Tutoring Fortnight. The new opportunity has provided an experience for students of all ages to work together and discuss and learn from each other.




As 2020 comes to an end we naturally reflect on the time gone by and what we have achieved. It was therefore logical that our assemblies this week should focus on that theme of...
It was a privilege to speak this week to all students in the school via their year group bubble assemblies about one of our core values of RESPECT. At this time of needing to...