OUR EXPECTATIONS OF STUDENTS MAKING CHOICES HARD WORK
As a school we put great emphasis on hard work. This is the bedrock upon which success is built and achieved and we expect our students to be motivated, ambitious and willing to stretch themselves academically. We see education as a marathon that students need to train and prepare for, rather than a last minute sprint to win the race. We have high expectations for all of our students and we are proud to be an inclusive school in which all students can truly achieve and excel. We are not a highly selective school academically and nor do we wish to become one. We are however, an incredibly successful one! We work very hard to create a culture and expectation of hard work and we are inflexible on this. Through the hard work and dedication of our students, coupled with teachers who deliver excellence in teaching and learning, we endeavor to create a genuine passion for learning. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Although our primary focus is on students’ academic development, and rightly so, we are not an ‘exam factory’ that pushes students to achieve at the expense of all else. We pride ourselves on providing a full and diverse range of options for our students. School is a place where students should be able to make the most of and continue to develop their skills, talents and interests. No student should leave BSAK having simply attended lessons and passed their exams. We expect our students to contribute to the life of the school and to grow and develop personally as well as academically. As a school we offer so many opportunities be it on the sports field, the stage, in an art room, as a leader, or mentoring younger students. Nobody should look back at wasted opportunities. In the classroom or outside it, our values of empathy and care, respect and inclusivity, honesty and integrity, endeavour and resilience should underpin everything our students do.
