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School Improvement Plan

Below is a summary of our comprehensive and highly devolved School Improvement Plan (SIP) for 2025-26. All senior and middle leaders are invited to contribute to the SIP which is built around our ethos: Intellect, Empathy and Courage.

Intellect

  • Our bespoke CPD programme continues to emphasise the importance of literacy, and disciplinary literacy, with teachers aiming to develop oracy in our students

  • We instill the attributes of the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile in our students, with a goal of blending the Approaches to Learning with our current teaching and learning practices

  • We continue to have an outward-looking approach to improving our practice, building on collaboration with groups such as IBSCA, GSHA, CST and the PTI

  • Teachers continue to use streamlined data releases, informed by rigorous assessment and 4Matrix, to inform their planning and preparation

  • The cycle of appraisal, based around the annual Appraisal Meeting in September, focuses on development of staff inside and outside of the classroom

Empathy

  • The regular review of Class Context Sheets feeds into adaptive teaching practices, which meet the needs of all individuals

  • Inclusion is at the heart of the BGS community, with a range of societies and cocurricular clubs ensuring a wide representation of different members of our school 

  • Staff educate students on the use of social media and the issues which arise from it, with a continued commitment to our 'No See' Mobile Phone Policy

  • The school further commits to widening participation and supporting our current (and future) Pupil Premium students through school based initiatives and partnership with Atom Learning

  • The school continues to move towards a 'zero plastic' position, utilising the opportunities offered by our successful CIF bids to improve energy efficiency and water usage

courage

  • The school embarks on an ambitious Digital Strategy, reviewing the opportunities offered by an alternative MIS provider, enhanced IT infrastructure and the use of generative AI 

  • The personal development of students is a key aspect of their wider education, with pastoral teams and teaching staff using PSHE and Power Days to tackle relevant issues

  • The school actively celebrates and promotes the role of female students, and their positive achievements, with a view to balancing the admission of boys and girls

  • The wellbeing and safety of our school community is a key consideration for Trustees and the leadership team, from considerations of workload, finance and policy compliance

  • The Learning Team system continues to be a fundamental part of the school's self-evaluation process, closely following changes to the Ofsted framework and adapting practice as necessary

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