BCAT People Strategy

Introduction:

At BCAT we place the child first in all that we do and all that we aspire to do.  We recognise that it is only through our people that we will achieve our mission of ‘Opportunity, Excellence and Equity’ for both pupils and the adults who support them.  

Our People Strategy has been created to align with the vision and values of our Trust, set out below.  Its purpose is to ensure that every pupil benefits from excellent teaching, strong leadership, and a culture where staff thrive.  It is one of our most important commitments and it provides a framework upon which to build over the coming years, through effective monitoring and staff feedback. 

By investing in our people, recruiting and retaining talented staff, encouraging capacity and growth, valuing and supporting each other and providing a positive working environment, we provide aspirational education opportunities and improve the life chances of the young people in all of our Schools. 

BCAT 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”.

Values:

Achievement

Challenge

High Aspiration

Independent thinkers

Equality

Valued

Excellence

BCAT People Vision

BCAT is a Trust that is sought out by brilliant, talented people, where every colleague feels valued and empowered to deliver exceptional outcomes for pupils, to face challenges and to continuously develop into their ‘best selves’.

Our people are a community of responsible, professional adults, committed to BCAT’s Vision and Values, and we treat each other as such.  We take individual and collective responsibility for the working and learning environments in our Schools.  School leaders and the Trust provide aspirational and inspirational leadership, direction, guidance and assistance.

Our people are individuals.  We respect and value our differing strengths and contributions, backgrounds and characteristics.  We recognise the significant impact that our actions and behaviour can have on each other, and we strive to challenge and support each other, to achieve our best. 

Strategic Intent

• Build a unified Trust culture with shared values to create an environment where all can succeed and thrive.
• Ensure every school has the right people, in the right roles, at the right time.
• Develop a sustainable workforce and leadership team.
• Provide high quality professional development and training so employees can be highly successful and achieve their own personal career aspirations
• Prioritise the employee experience so staff can perform at their best.

BCAT Trust People Strategy – Our Commitments

• Excellence, Achievement and Challenge
  • Positive and Purposeful Environment
  • Culture of Support and Challenge
  • Attract and Retain Talent
• High aspirations and opportunity
  • Building Capability and Future Roles
  • Professional Growth
  • Culture of Continuous Improvement and Growth Mindset
• Valued people and fair systems
  • Empowerment and Involvement
  • Recognition and Reward
  • Culture of Fairness and Wellbeing
• Inspirational leaders, Strong partnerships
  • Lead and Inspire people
  • Collaborative contributions
  • Clarity of expectations