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How long have you been principal at Bosworth Academy?
Just over 5 years now and I’ve loved every minute of it, apart from when it snows!
Can you tell us about your team?
One of Bosworth’s outstanding characteristics is that we know the success of every child is one big team effort. We have over 90 teachers and 60 support staff who are all incredibly committed, enthusiastic, passionate and professional about what we do. Additionally, our students and parents understand that they are just as vital to the team’s success, and with us create a really powerful force for good in our community.
What are you particularly proud?
Most of all our students. It’s a real privilege to be able to work with young people; they continually surprise me and inspire me in equal measure. Since working at Bosworth I’ve seen so many achieve remarkable things and often against the odds. Whether it’s the sixth-formers who have gone off to Cambridge, the young man about to become a doctor coming back to mentor others, our young sports leaders who go out and coach in the community or our A level students who are helping children in primary schools to read, it all makes being at Bosworth exhilarating.
Can you tell us something about Bosworth Academy’s journey over the past five years?
What a journey! We have set out to create a school that is outstanding in all areas and makes an invaluable contribution to our community. It’s probably an endless journey but we’ve come a long, long way in a national context where it’s harder and harder to secure great exam results. In 2013, two out of three of our students achieved the magical 5A*-C including English and Mathematics, that’s well above the national average. Since 2008, on average, every student now gets one grade higher in every one of their top 8 subjects and over a third of our students get 3A*/A grades. In the sixth form we have the best A level results ever with more students going to the top Russell Group universities.[/half][half]Is it just about exam results?
Absolutely not, but no matter what else you are working on you have to remember that it’s the doors that we can open for our young people that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. The keys to these doors are the exam certificates we give them and schools should never forget this. After saying that, our students would not be successful in exams if we did not instil strong values around respect for others, hard work, resilience and moral responsibility. Most importantly though young people should see learning as fun, relevant and engaging. Our teachers understand this and love to make learning enjoyable.
We know the school is welcoming year 7 students for the first time this August. Tell us about your vision and how your preparations are going:
We have taken the opportunity, whilst establishing a key stage three school from scratch, to learn from the best practice around the UK and internationally, rather than just recreate what already exists. We are having a small ‘school within a school’ called the ‘Laureates’ that will operate an innovative and exciting curriculum using the most up to date technologies. The name ‘Laureates’ means to reward for high endeavour and this tells you something about what we want for our students. As I write this, the building work has just begun and we are looking forward to seeing over 150 year 7 students on their induction days in July. We are all really excited at the prospect of being able to take year 7 on an outstanding journey to success, from primary school to university.
What makes Bosworth Academy special?
Our values. I’ve mentioned many already, but most importantly the mantra ‘no student should underachieve’ drives us daily. Though this is quite an ambition for any school, we do not believe it to be acceptable that any child, at any level, achieves less than is possible. We know though that this is not just ensuring that every child achieves their potential, we know we are instrumental in defining that potential. It’s our mission to get all our young people to truly believe that they can ‘be better than they ever believed they could be’.
To find out more about us, please take a look at the other sections of our website and if you want to find even more or how to enroll please do not hesitate to contact us on: Tel: 01455 822 841 Email: [email protected][/half] |
