Vision & Mission - Lilian Baylis Technology School
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Vision & Mission

 

LBTS MISSION & VISION

Our mission at LBTS is to EMPOWER and EDUCATE students to enable them to EXCEL as young citizens who practice the core values of the school: Achievement, Aspiration, Resilience, Responsibility and Respect.

As part of this vision, we are committed to constantly evaluating what we do, in order to develop, deliver and embed:

  1. A world class KNOWLEDGE BASED CURRICULUM that is inclusive of diverse experiences and histories, enabling students to realise their ASPIRATIONS

  2. CONSISTENTLY EXCELLENT TEACHING, based on research-led approaches, showing measurable impact on the ACHIEVEMENT of ALL students

  3. STUDENT HAPPINESS & RESILIENCE, formed from a strong focus on promoting wellbeing, self-confidence and healthy choices through our Personal Development curriculum

  4. Opportunities for students to better understand and tackle discrimination, empowering them to be champions of  SOCIAL JUSTICE and RESPECT

  5. A  FIRST CHOICE community school for local families, including by promoting the RESPONSIBILITY of all members of the school to to make a positive contribution to it, both now and in the future

STRATEGY

Aspiration

"Let’s make our future now and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality"

Malala Yousafzai

Developing and embedding a  world class KNOWLEDGE BASED CURRICULUM that is

  • Focused on fundamental concepts upon which future knowledge is built & how Domain Specific knowledge is best learned

  • Takes into account cross curricular demands and builds cross curricular links, with a particular focus on READING 

  • Greater IMPACT of student voice on the Curriculum

  • Liaison with the WYVERN schools to create a more effective transition, in terms of Curriculum, from year 6 to 7

  • Ensure a SYSTEMATIC approach is taken to develop students’ reading across the curriculum

  • Authenticity in terms of being anti racist & anti sexist, as well as tackling issues of Islamophobia & Homophobia

  • Strengthening the Leadership of the Curriculum via Curriculum Coaching with Subject Leaders 

Achievement

"There is no magic to achievement. It is really about hard work, choices and persistence"

Michelle Obama 

Delivering CONSISTENTLY EXCELLENT TEACHING, based on research-led approaches, via:

 

  • Embedding consistency & routine in EVERY LESSON 

  • Embedding our 5-A-DAY of LEARNING NOURISHMENTS , so  all students to be actively engaged and challenged, especially high prior attainers

  • More regular and rigorous identification of PRIORITY STUDENTS, ensuring the GRADUATED APPROACH is used to better support their  learning

  • Embed RESEARCH-LED approaches that have measurable impact, particularly on the progress of SEN students

  • Embed even greater expectations and rigour in the curriculum, so that it is reflected in students’ work.

  • Providing a more ROBUST approach to APPRAISAL to achieve all of this

Resilience

"I never lose. I either win or learn"

Nelson Mandela

Promote, happiness, wellbeing, self-confidence and healthy choices, in order to develop our students’ RESILIENCE, via:

 

  • Creating greater RIGOUR in the RSE/HE curriculum & pedagogy, via the work of the new PSHE Lead

  • Developing further LEADERSHIP opportunities in each year group to create an ethos of AMBITION 

  • Deliver greater IMPACT of student voice in each year group to promote greater student ACHIEVEMENT 

  • Increased coverage of  student interventions that build a positive self image and empowerment

  • Targeting students in most need through EMOTIONAL LITERACY SUPPORT and SALT, as well as a whole school approach to our ZONES OF REGULATION

Respect

"I was brought up to believe that people were different but equal and that I should treat everyone with the same respect"

Malorie Blackman

Opportunities for students to better understand and tackle discrimination, empowering them to be champions of  SOCIAL JUSTICE by:

  • Taking a collective responsibility for our own racial fluency

  • Investing time and training to further decolonise our school curriculum, across the whole curriculum, in a meaningful way

  • Further develop our work as an anti discrimination school to better empower our students against SEXISM,  ISLAMOPHOBIA & HOMOPHOBIA

  • Equipping our students with greater knowledge for empowerment, via an ANTI RACISM / ANTI SEXISM EDUCATION / ISLAMOPHOBIA / ANTI HOMOPHOBIA  PROGRAMME 

  • Encourage students to be advocates and change makers, both of school policy and with regard to national issues

Responsibility

"The time is always right to do what is right”

A community school that is the FIRST CHOICE for local families, including by promoting the RESPONSIBILITY of all members of the school to to make a positive contribution to it, both now and in the future

  • Continue to be the FIRST CHOICE for local families both for year 7 and year 12 by creating more community, Primary and Year 11 recruitment events to showcase our amazing school

  • Building STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL FEEDER SCHOOLS, in order to create more effective and supportive transition from year 6 (including via the work of GREENHOUSE)

  • Maintaining our values as we develop partnerships with other schools, including our SOFT FEDERATION with WYVERN SCHOOLS

  • Further expansion of LBTS6 via the offering of T LEVELS from 2023-4

  • Tackling staff workload and wellbeing issues