Bishopshalt School

Bishopshalt is proud of its History, we retain its original mission and ensure that Bishopshalt is above all else a place for learning. We have the highest expectations of our students, and of ourselves as we believe that with high expectations students can achieve anything. All curriculum and leadership decisions are driven through our core values, focusing at all times at what is best for the students.

We believe that school is preparation for life, so on top of having the highest of expectations we also provide a wide curriculum that is designed to give students a breadth of educational experiences that enable them to excel in various fields and therefore open up future possibilities. This belief is lived and breathed through the Bishopshalt values.

We believe that relationships are also key to ensuring students reach their potential, and as staff it is our moral imperative to ensure that we act as role models and develop our relationships with the children in our care.

At Bishopshalt, we are driven by our core values. We believe wholeheartedly that with commitment and dedication all students that attend Bishopshalt will leave us at the end of Year 13 as well rounded citizens, able to compete on the world stage and have the brightest of Futures.

The curriculum at Bishopshalt is everything we provide to students from the moment they enter the school gates in Year 7 to the moment they leave Year 13. It is driven through a shared desire to ensure that all of our students, regardless of their personal circumstances have ‘bright futures’. The curriculum is at the heart of our school’s purpose. At Bishopshalt we recognise that:

• Improving educational outcomes is the biggest way we can positively impact upon our students’ futures. School is preparation for life, and as such we intend to provide the very best curriculum in order to provide as many opportunities for students to excel as we can.
• We take the term ‘educational’ in its most broad sense: this means more than just a set of academic results. It includes a child’s intellectual development, but also social and emotional development, citizenship and responsibility, happiness and success.
• We hope that this vision is ‘lived’ in the way teachers develop the curriculum and the way students experience it. We want staff and students to believe it, say it, live it and love it.

Our curriculum, both academic and co-curricular is framed around the following principles. It is designed to instil a love of learning, build students’ character, ensure that our students show kindness and enable all to chase brilliance. We believe that these four strands of our curriculum will ensure that all students have ‘bright futures’.