Executive Principal’s Blog – 26th January 2018: The exciting ongoing journey at BMS

Posted by George Furr on: January 26 2018

A key question the senior leadership team at Bushey Meads ask at the end of every academic year is “Are 100% of our teachers and teaching assistants better at their craft than this time last year?” School improvement is always about an ongoing journey and not necessarily an end goal and it’s the direction of […]

Executive Principal’s Blog – 19th January 2018: Our School has a Mind to be Kind!

Posted by George Furr on: January 19 2018

It is now four months since we launched our new school mantra ‘Our School Has a Mind to be Kind’ and it has been really encouraging to see how much it has caught the hearts of our school community. Last term alone over 2000 specific acts of kindness were formally recognised on our rewards system, […]

Executive Principal’s Blog – 15th December 2017: Positive Parental Support!

Posted by George Furr on: December 18 2017

I would like to thank the considerable number of parents who have taken the trouble to email or telephone the school, or indeed personally speak to staff and show their support this week with our endeavours to keep the school fully open, despite the inclement weather. One parent even took the opportunity to contact Ofsted […]

Executive Principal’s Blog – 8th December 2017: Top Chef in the Making!

Posted by George Furr on: December 11 2017

Last weekend it was absolutely superb to hear about the great success of our talented and hardworking Year 10 food technology group taught by one of our top teachers Mrs Hanbury. Entering the prestigious Watford Rotary Young Chef’s Competition, the students excelled themselves when they were selected to participate in the live regional heat. It […]