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BEST VISION, VALUES & BELIEFS

BEST Vision Statement

To grow the BEST in everyone

We believe in the importance of high expectations, hard work and the development of a community of schools where each of us strive to ‘be the best that we can be’.

BEST Values

We will:

Always put Children first

Our reference point question is ‘how will this improve outcomes for children and enable them to go on and succeed in life?’

Collaborate to support and compete to challenge

Our schools work together to add value and compete to continually improve

Provide community based provision

Our schools form a coherent learning community at the heart of the Bedfordshire community

BEST Beliefs

We will:

Deliver BEST outcomes

Outcomes will be in the top 20% nationally

Provide BEST opportunities

An extensive range of opportunities beyond the classroom will be provided to develop the whole person

Nurture talent

Our responsibility is to invest in our people and bring out the BEST in everyone

Operate a high autonomy, high accountability culture

Professionals will lead our system and take responsibility to continually raise standards

Lead through service

Leaders and followers will work together with mutual respect and shared responsibility

Staff at St Christophers Academy

St Christophers Academy is a thriving Primary School with approximately 395 students including a Nursery approaching 60 children. The school is situated on the Luton and Dunstable borders, in Bedfordshire, and has all the variety and energy of a fully multi-cultural Primary school. In February 2025 the Academy was inspected and judged as Good in all areas. Since then, we have continued to improve and are constantly striving to develop our practice and raise levels of achievement.

The size of the Academy and membership of the Trust mean that opportunities available to staff are incredibly varied and wide-ranging. We have a growing reputation for developing an exciting and innovative culture of research within the Academy. The Staff teams across the academy are very friendly and welcoming. We are always available to help with any matters and work together to help make the background running of the Academy run as smoothly as possible.