Dear All, On Thursday last week, BWMAT Directors met to review and discuss the exciting draft Growth Plan, 2017-19, for our Trust. We are fortunate to have Directors with experience both in and outside the field of education. Together they bring breadth, depth, challenge and fresh...
Dear All, I hope you’ve had a good Bank Holiday weekend. Summer term learning is already in top gear in schools across our Trust. I was fortunate to visit Horsington Church School, in our South Somerset Hub, this week. There is a wonderful example of collaborative learning...
Dear All, Welcome to the summer term 2017. Thank you to teachers, staff, teaching assistants and leaders across our Somerset schools for the first fantastic week of learning pupils experienced. Across North Somerset, our Trust’s pupils will be looking forward to returning to school tomorrow, to...
Dear All, On Monday afternoon, Teresa and I visited the Leadership Team at St Mark’s Church School. It was wonderful to see their positive approach and their determination to provide the best possible education for all their pupils. After school, Rachel Rooke, who leads St Mark’s cookery...
Dear All, We have all spent time this week thinking about the people affected by events on Wednesday in Westminster including staff, pupils and leaders at St John and St Francis Church School, their community and all of those nationally and internationally. It was a very...
Dear All, Within our Trust and nationally, promoting high quality teaching and learning through the delivery of a broad, rich, creative curriculum has been a key theme this week. It was interesting to read Amanda Spielman’s speech as Ofsted’s Chief Inspector in which she asked: ‘How do...
Firstly, I would like to pass on congratulations to Kirsti and all the staff at Staplegrove following their one day Ofsted inspection this week. I will share further details once their report has been published. This week I visited St James’ Church School and Trinity Anglican...
Dear All, I hope you had a refreshing break and a well-earned rest over half term. If you have a moment, do listen to the pupils of All Saints Church School’s wonderful singing as they celebrated joining our BWMAT family (file attached below). Thank you to staff...
Dear All, On Monday, South Somerset staff fed back at their Listening Event. They demonstrated such high ambition for their pupils and schools. Staff identified what they appreciate about being part of our Trust – the strengths: sharing, collaboration, support and challenge. They also made suggestions...