Vision and Values
BCAT Mission Statement: “Opportunity, Excellence, Equity”
“BCAT provides aspirational educational opportunities in all its schools to improve the life chances of its children and young people; delivered through strong partnerships between staff, students, parents and the local community that share our core values of excellence and equity”.
Barton Court Academy Trust consists of 3 secondary schools:
- Barton Court Grammar School
- The Charles Dickens School (joined on 1 March 2017)
- BCAT Free School, Barton Manor School (opened in September 2022 to Year 7 only)
BCAT VALUES
Achievement
Challenge
High Aspiration
Independent thinkers
Equality
Valued
Excellence
We place the child first in all that we do and to all that we aspire. We are uncompromising in our desire to sustain improvement, deliver on standards and provide an outstanding educational experience for all.
We are a progressive, school focussed Trust that work collaboratively as a family of schools. We embrace educational thinking with a focus on cognitive education, research and development. All our schools either an accredited Thinking School or Advanced Thinking School. Great classrooms make great schools and great schools therefore make a great Trust.
With significant investment in our people, BCAT professional development programmes continue to develop staff expertise, retain our most talented staff and provide capacity and growth within the Trust.
