Teaching & Learning

Over the last ten years the teaching and learning culture at Bushey Meads School has improved year on year and outcomes for students at all levels supports this view. Over 98% of teaching is judged to be good and outstanding across all curriculum areas throughout the school with 50% outstanding and the open door policy which allows the sharing of best practice is fully embedded in every classroom.

Every opportunity is used to develop classroom practice with every meeting starting with a sharing best practice item, complimented with weekly Monday Magic Moments and Friday Faculty Foci in Staff Briefing.

A robust recruitment policy, looking beyond the organisation supports very strong networks for progress externally and highly effective internal staff development led by the Teaching and Learning Team allows us to build towards future success.

Through our cohesive and comprehensive professional development programme throughout the year we build on the excellent foundations embedded across the school as we ‘move to greatness’ in all areas.

Teaching & Learning

T&L Team

'The Teaching and Learning Team comprises of two Lead Practitioners and three Advanced Lead Teachers who work alongside the Assistant Headteacher to support staff and raise academic standards.'

MMM & FFF

'The final 5 minutes of staff briefing on Mondays and Fridays consists of a 3-5 minute soundbite on Teaching and Learning.'

Development Strands

'Each year, there are four Staff Development Strands that are on offer to staff - each strand comprising of three individual training sessions.'

M&F Fortnight

'Marking and Feedback at Bushey Meads School is viewed as an integral element in raising academic achievement. We believe that high quality marking and feedback furthers student progression.'

Staff Development

'Our open door culture makes it easy for staff to enter classrooms in search of new ideas and the structure of our staff development sessions allow staff to put ideas into practice as well as being introduced to new concepts.'

BSJT Teacher Toolkits

'Being part of the Bushey St James Trust allows the secondary phase staff to gather new ideas from the primary phase staff which will help to improve student progress at BMS.'

BAFTAS

'In June each year, we host our version of the BAFTAs (Bushey's Assessment and Feedback in Teaching Awards). In May, every stakeholder of Bushey Meads School is given the opportunity to cast their vote.'

GBBO

'The Great Bushey Book Off (GBBO) occurs each year as part of our second Marking and Feedback Fortnight.'

ITT / ECT

'Bushey Meads School is affiliated to Herts for Learning and as well as benefiting from their experience, we also offer a staff training session for all of the NQTs across the county.'