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Wednesday 13 November 2024 Year 3 and 4 Boys Football Tournament 2024 The yearly Year 3 and 4 boys football tournament was held at Watling Park School at their outdoor sport facilities, on 8 November. 48 boys from Whitehall Park School, Kilburn Grange School, Rutherford House School, Halley House School, Watling Park School and Deer Park School competed for first place.
Monday 11 November 2024 Net Zero Accelerator Programme Pathfinder The Net Zero Accelerator Programme is part of the Department for Education’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, working with a range of partners including the National Education Nature Park, the Sustainability Support for Education Hub, Climate Ambassadors, and Let’s Go Zero’s as part of a coordinated mission.
Tuesday 5 November 2024 BPET Conference 2024 Last Monday, the hosted the BPET annual conference bringing together over 300 BPET staff for a day of learning, collaboration, and professional development.
Tuesday 5 November 2024 10,000 GPB awarded to Halley House School Halley House School’s specialist art provision is strong, that it has been recognised by the Goldsmiths’ Centre who decided to award them £10,000 to improve their art room.
Thursday 31 October 2024 Proposed Admission Arrangements 2026-27 - Halley House School Admission authorities must consult on their admission arrangements at least once every 7 years. This is our formal communication regarding Halley House School admission policy: no proposed changes.
Wednesday 30 October 2024 Proposed Admission Arrangements 2026-27 - Whitehall Park school We are now undertaking the process of consultation for the Whitehall Park School Admission Policy 2026-2027
Thursday 24 October 2024 BPET Invictus Games 2024 Organised by our BPET Sports Champions Daniel Bavington and Jack Briley, the competition provided a supportive and inclusive environment where everyone involved was celebrated.
Sunday 22 September 2024 BPET school wins campaign to close road to cars A Street party to Re-imagine Priory Park Road as a Green Space
Thursday 12 September 2024 Halley House School judged as 'Good' by Ofsted Halley House School has once again achieved a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating, continuing to demonstrate its commitment to providing a high-quality education for the local children of Hackney.
Sunday 1 September 2024 Dollis Primary School joins BPET Dollis Primary School (Barnet, London) has joined BPET on 1 September 2024.
Thursday 18 July 2024 Rivermead Roof Renovation Rivermead Primary School, Berkshire, is currently undergoing construction work to install a new roof.
Tuesday 16 July 2024 Successes of the academic year 2023-24 As the 2023-2024 academic year is coming to an end we've been reflecting on the achievements of our schools.
Tuesday 9 July 2024 Sally Reay, new headteacher at Whitehall Park School Mrs Sally Reay has been recently appointed as the new headteacher at Whitehall Park School. We asked her a few questions in order to get to know a little more about her vision ahead of her start date in September 2024.
Tuesday 2 July 2024 Interview with new Head of Digital Innovation Daniel Green, who will be starting the newly created Head of Digital Innovation role in September, took the time to connect with us and answered some questions to help us get acquainted.
Tuesday 2 July 2024 Alain Roux Cookery Masterclass at Braywick Court School Braywick Court School Year 5 pupils were in for a tasty treat when Alain Roux, Michelin starred chef was joined by his Head Chef Fabrice Uhryn to lead a cookery masterclass on Thursday 27th June.
Monday 1 July 2024 Debate Competition The ever popular debate competition is back! Who will be able to rebut with confidence, providing good explanations?
Sunday 16 June 2024 Deer Park School is Outstanding Deer Park School is proud to maintain its Outstanding rating following a recent inspection. Inspectors were particularly impressed by the school's strong sense of community, where leaders, staff, parents, and carers work together to provide pupils with an excellent start in their education.
Monday 3 June 2024 BPET awarded School Capital Funding Each year, the Department for Education allocates funding to help maintain and improve the condition of school buildings and grounds. This is called School Capital Funding (SCA).
Tuesday 28 May 2024 Introducing the Heights Primary School's new headteacher Mrs Hayley Harrison, the Heights Primary School's newly appointed headteacher gives us an interview.
Monday 20 May 2024 Athletics Tournament Nearly 50 Year 5 & 6 pupils competed for first place in both track, and field events.
Monday 13 May 2024 Miles For Minds & Mobility In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week, which focuses on the theme of movement, we commend Halley House School teacher Rebecca Jackson for her incredible achievement in completing the 2024 London Marathon.
Wednesday 1 May 2024 Evendons is Outstanding Evendons Primary School has been recognised as "Outstanding" by Ofsted for a second time following an inspection in February 2024. Clear to the inspector's were the school's exceptional strengths across all areas, its nurturing environment, dedication to well-rounded development, and the pupils' remarkable motivation and focus.
Tuesday 30 April 2024 The Heights Primary School appoints substantive Headteacher We are thrilled to welcome Mrs Hayley Harrison as the new Headteacher of The Heights Primary School. Mrs Harrison brings a wealth of experience, a strong commitment to leadership and a deep dedication to the school community.
Thursday 18 April 2024 TT Rockstars Competition 2024 Well done to all of our Year 4 pupils who have spent the last month perfecting their times tables in the BPET Times Table Rockstars competition. In total almost 1.5 million questions were answered correctly (1,428,898) by 823pupils within the competition alone.
Sunday 24 March 2024 Whiteknights Primary School's new Headteacher Bridget Reynolds has been announced the new substantive Headteacher for Whiteknights Primary School, following a thorough and rigorous recruitment process.
Friday 22 March 2024 Theresa May, former PM, visits Braywick Court School Theresa May MP visited Braywick Court School to support the school’s road safety campaign
Wednesday 20 March 2024 The Queen's Gambit 2024 48 boys and girls from Years 4 to 6 met across the chess board for the annual BPET Queen's Gambit tournament.
Monday 18 March 2024 BPET Girls Football Tournament 2024 55 girls from across the London BPET schools travelled to Watling Park School's outdoor sports facilities on March 18th for the annual Girls Football Tournament. The atmosphere was filled with anticipation as the teams prepared to take to the pitch, ready to display their talent and sportsmanship throughout the day.
Friday 1 March 2024 School Minister Praises BPET Schools For High Pupil Performance School Minister Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP praised exceptional performance of Braywick Court School, Deer Park School, Evendons Primary School, Rutherford House School and Whiteknights Primary School in last year's SATs.
Tuesday 27 February 2024 BPET Boys Football Tournament 2024 Watling Park School hosted the annual Year 3 and 4 boys football tournament at their outdoor sport facilities, on 26th February.
Wednesday 24 January 2024 Evendons at 10 Downing Street A group of 15 children from Evendons Primary School had the incredible opportunity to visit 10 Downing Street recently.
Monday 4 December 2023 Evendons Primary School expansion works completed We are delighted that the Evendons Primary School‘s expansion works are now complete, offering pupils better spaces, a more stimulating environment and, consequentially, wider breadth of opportunities for learning.
Friday 1 December 2023 The Heights Primary School joins BPET We are delighted to welcome The Heights Primary into our family of schools!
Thursday 30 November 2023 Poetry Recital Competition To recite or not to recite?
Tuesday 21 November 2023 Invictus Games 2023 For the first time this year, we hosted the BPET Invictus Games for children in Key Stage 2 who are low in confidence or with special needs.
Wednesday 1 November 2023 BPET Conference 2023
Tuesday 17 October 2023 Evendons Primary School gets 'Eco School' Green Flag Accreditation We are very proud of Evendons Primary School, our Outstanding STEM school in Wokingham (Berkshire), who has been awarded the Eco School Green Flag last September.
Tuesday 17 October 2023 Launching our School Centred Initial Teacher Training Since BPET was founded, we had a long-standing ambition: to train teachers in our schools.
Monday 11 September 2023 Ofsted confirms Watling Park School to be Good in all areas Watling Park School was visited by Ofsted inspectors in June 2023 and was judged as ‘Good’ once more, which is a confirmation of their first inspection in 2018.
Wednesday 6 September 2023 No RAAC found in BPET schools There has been a considerable media coverage recently regarding Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) and its use in educational settings. RAAC is a lightweight form of concrete; because it is weaker than regular concrete, concerns have been raised about its long-term durability.These concerns have escalated during the summer resulting in a more precautionary approach by the DfE if RAAC is contained, rather than contained and critically weak. This has resulted in the DfE instructing about 100 schools to partially or fully close, preventatively.
Monday 26 June 2023 Interview with new Halley House School Headteacher We caught up with Toby Mills-Bishop, new headteacher at Halley House School, and got to know a little more about him, his vision for the school and his connection to Hackney, London.
Monday 26 June 2023 Inspiring STEM Fair at Evendons Primary School On 22 June, the day before International Women Day in Engineering, Evendons Primary School contributed to challenge stereotypes by hosting a STEM Fair (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) together with other 19 primary and secondary local schools.
Friday 16 June 2023 Braywick Court School judged Outstanding In April 2023, Braywick Court School was visited by an Ofsted inspector who was impressed by all aspects of life within the school.
Wednesday 14 June 2023 Evendons Primary School extension building works Evendons Primary School is an Outstanding primary school in Wokingham. It is part of BPET and it is the first STEM school of the area, founded in 2014. Since then, the school has gone from strength to strength, has become the school of choice within the community and is now oversubscribed.
Wednesday 3 May 2023 TT Rockstars Competition 2023 450 Year 4 pupils across eight schools spent the whole of April perfecting their times tables within our first ever TT Rockstars Competition.
Tuesday 2 May 2023 Whiteknights Primary School is a Good school Whiteknights Primary School was visited by Ofsted inspectors on 28 Feb and 1 March 2023 and was judged as Good in all areas.
Thursday 13 April 2023 Interview with Alison Colenso Alison Colenso has been appointed Interim Director of Education for the academic year 2023-2024. Mrs Colenso will step into Laura Gregory’s shoes whilst away on a year’s sabbatical. We caught up with Mrs Colenso ahead of her starting in June 2023 to get to know her a little better.
Wednesday 29 March 2023 BPET football tournament 2023 The Year 3 BPET football 2023 season drew to a close on 27 March.
Friday 18 November 2022 How far is too far? BPET's spread of schools Our Director of Education Laura Gregory was recently interviewed by Arbor for their ‘Creating a Cohesive Trust’ report. Arbor asked Laura where she stand in the distance debate.

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