The Pioneer Academy

September 2018

James Brokenshire MP for Sidcup and Old Bexley, joined the new Head Boy and Head Girl of Burnt Oak Junior School for a round of golf to celebrate their election and the school’s recent achievement

On Friday 14 September, the Rt Hon James Brokenshire, MP visited the pupils at Burnt Oak Junior School, which has recently been judged ‘Outstanding’.  Ofsted inspectors said, ‘The school’s work to promote pupils’ personal development and welfare is outstanding. A rich curriculum is in place, which inspires pupils to learn.’

The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government presented the Head Boy, Head Girl with their badges, following a successful democratic vote by pupils and staff.  The process was part of the school’s curriculum to raise pupil awareness of democracy within British Values and in light of International Democracy Day (15^th Sept 2018).

The Head Boy and Head Girl showed a real interest in the roles and responsibilities of their local MP by asking searching questions, including:

‘Can you advise us on how to be a good representative of the people?’

Rt Hon James Brokenshire, MP responded, ‘Listen carefully to what others say.  Always approach things with an open mind.  Remember to consider different points of view when making a decision.’

Ms Denman, Head of School said, ‘Today was a delightful event.  We are very proud of all our children and as the Ofsted inspectors commented, ‘pupils enjoy the challenge of learning’. They are all developing the qualities required to become citizens of the future.’

September 2018

On Friday 14^th September, pupils and staff at Belvedere Junior School were delighted to receive a visit from Teresa Pearce MP. 

The Erith and Thamesmead representative – who in 2017 was returned to Parliament with 57% of the vote - had been invited to oversee the school’s annual Head Girl and Head Boy election.

Becky Lomax, Head Teacher, escorted Teresa Pearce on a walk around the school which in recent times has been ranked in the top 20% nationally for student progress.

Following her tour of the school (known locally as a lush green oasis in an urban setting) Teresa Pearce began the prestigious task of counting the votes!

Once all votes were counted, the candidates were very excited to be informed of the outcome by a member of the House of Commons – a true bastion of British democracy!

Teresa Pearce – who raised her daughters in neighbouring Erith – stated, “This is a fantastic school; it was a pleasure to meet so many engaged and enthusiastic pupils and staff.  The developments in the building and the grounds have created a bright and happy learning environment.”

Becky Lomax - Head Teacher – said, “Thank you to Teresa Pearce for taking the time to visit our school. Our children are very proud of the progress that they achieve here and they were thrilled to be given an opportunity to share such a special day with their local MP.”

July 2018

We are absolutely thrilled with the overall judgement of OUTSTANDING and especially pleased with so many incredibly positive comments.

We believe this report is justification of the incredible hard work and professionalism of all the staff, the hard work and behaviour of our children and the support provided by our parents and carers. 

June 2018

We have had a very exciting week and were thrilled to have 2 very important visitors in school on Monday, the author Jeremy Strong and The Mayor of Bromley. The Mayor introduced herself to all the children in Year 3 and 4 and she was very impressed with the new provision to nurture our children. Our Head Boy and Head Girl, Shayaan and Fleur, did an amazing job showing all the fantastic work the children do at Red Hill. Every class had the opportunity to meet Jeremy Strong and hear about how he became a published author and many children were able to buy a signed copy of one of his books. He officially opened our Early Years outdoor area and was very impressed with the investments made for the youngest of our children, offering them a brilliant start to their education at Red Hill Primary.

Today at the EPI conference, Lord Agnew, Parliamentary Secretary of State for the School System praised The Pioneer Academy for its work in school efficiencies whilst ensuring the highest of standards for pupils education and care and guidance.

"The Pioneer Academy, a primary MAT based in South London and Kent, use a staff deployment analysis tool to deploy teaching resource into classes. They cross reference across year groups and schools in their trust. The MAT CEO has found this to be a powerful tool helping to ensure staffing resource is focussed where it is most needed.

The MAT’s Chief Operating Officer completes a staff deployment analysis for each of its schools every term. They have used this to inform concrete changes to their staffing models. For example, through the analysis they saw that, in one of their schools, a significant sum of money in teaching resource was allocated to Year 6 compared to Year 5. However, the relative progress of pupils between Year 5 and Year 6 did not support weighting resource to Year 6 in this way. They therefore took a decision to redeploy staff in a more balanced way between these year groups, in order to drive improvements in pupil outcomes. This has worked. 

This is not about identifying how budgets can be balanced in the short term. It’s about delivering outcome-led financial planning based on delivering educational outcomes."

June 2018

Teams from all of our Pioneer Academy Schools came together at Red Hill Primary School to participate in The Pioneer Academy Sports Day.  The day consisted of a netball, football and an athletics competition.  Well done to all the children who took part - a great day was had by all.

May 2018

Our nest children started gardening this week.  We can't wait to see what pops up in a few weeks time.

May 2018

Mr Gillett invited Joanne Bradley, the Waste Education Officer from Bexley Council, today to do an assembly on Litter.

The children learnt about what they could do to help make the environment a cleaner, safer place. 10 lucky Year 4 children were chosen by their teachers for their maturity and thoughtfulness to be our new Environment Champions. One of their responsibilities is to ensure the school environment remains clean and tidy.

March 2018

We've had our Spring writing moderation meetings this week. Teachers from all of our schools were able to read and discuss children's writing over the course of 3 afternoons, leading to consistent judgments and the sharing of great ideas.

February 2018

All the Head Boys and Girls from The Pioneer Academy schools had the chance to meet one another this week. They all gathered together at Redhill Primary School where they had a tour, joined in a lesson and had the opportunity to chat about their different schools. Next half term they are all going to meet at Broadmead and Stewart Fleming Primary School.

16th January 2018

In December the best performing primary schools in Bexley in the Key Stage 2 tests were revealed. Primary school league tables show with schools ranked by what percentage of its students are meeting the expected standard. The Government has now published the results, ranking schools by the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard. Based on those rankings Burnt Oak came out in 5^th place.

We were very proud of this result and it confirms that the school is on its journey towards being outstanding!

3rd January 2018

Broadmead Primary School have big plans to expanded their Nursery.

December 2017

Stewart Fleming Primary School have a brand new EYFS out door learning area.

5th December 2017

Over the past two days Teachers from our six academy schools have been busy assessing the writing of children across all key stages, leading to consistent judgments and the sharing of great ideas.

16th November 2017

Click on the above link to see a presentation by The Pioneer Academy's Head of Pupil Welfare.

November 2017

On Friday 10th November the whole school celebrated Belvedere Junior School's 30th Birthday. We all dressed up in 80s fancy dress and sang an array of 80s classics in assembly. The day culminated in each class celebrating with a birthday cake , kindly donated by the PTA, where 'Happy Birthday Belvedere' was sung by each class.

7th November 2017

Stewart Fleming Primary School's new school building was opened by Dominic Herrington on 31st October 2017.  The opending featured in the news shopper.

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/bromley/15645453.New_building_for___39_outstanding__39__Stewart_Fleming_Primary_School/

6th November 2017

Broadmead Primary School provided children with three days of well balanced three course meals during the October half term.

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/croydon-schools-free-half-term-725855

2nd November 2017

Today some of the School Council members had the opportunity to meet the Burnt Oak Junior School Governors.  They talked about their role on the School Council and then the Governors explained how they support the school.  Lots of questions were asked by both the children and Governors in order to find out more about each others roles.  The children spoke very positively about BOJ and what they enjoyed most about being a pupil here.

October 2017

The JTAs Induction Day was on Tuesday 17th October.  The JTAs were presented with their certificates and Gold JTA badges by the Mayor of Bromley.  Kathy Bance.

October 2017

We were lucky to be joined by a special guest on Wednesday morning - Her Worshipful Mayor of Bromley, Councillor Kathy Bance visited our school.  She enjoyed a tour of the school and was especially impressed by our new build before joining us in celebrating 5Ms learning in their class assembly.  Madam Mayor addressed the children and commented on how smart and well behaved our children are and how it made for a refreshing start to her busy day.

The picture shows Madam Mayor meeting our Head Girl and Head Boy.

31st October 2017

On Tuesday 31^st October, Dominic Herrington, The Regional Schools’ Commissioner, along with The Pioneer Academy’s Trustees, Governors, Site Project Manager, Architect and members from the catering team, Nourish, were invited for a tour of our school before officially opening up the new EYFS building.  The guests were impressed with the super facilities offered by this new purpose-built learning environment and also took the opportunity to view the hard work produced across the school.   The guests were met by our Head Girl and Head Boy, as well as a fellow year six pupil, who asked Dominic some very impressive questions; these will feature in the next edition of the school’s newspaper.

For more photographs please see the Stewart Fleming web site.

24th October 2017

Broadmead Primary School has teamed up with Nourish Catering to provide free of charge lunches for families of students from Monday to Wednesday of the half term break.

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October 2017

The Year 5 and 6 Girls Football Team won all their football matches to qualify for the Bromley final which will take place on Tuesday 28th November.   The results were as follows:

Red Hill 2 - 1 St Mary's

Red Hill 2 - 0 Raglan

Red Hill 2 - 0 Burnt As.

Well done Girls! 

October 2017

Our wonderful Parents Association raised enough money to buy us this incredible new library.  The PA work so hard all year round to raise funds for the school and we are so grateful for their commitment and continued support.