I am delighted to be able to give you a glimpse of our school in the following pages of our website. Our collective aim, as a school community, is that we want our pupils to learn about themselves as they prepare for the challenges of the 21st century with a firm and secure Catholic faith foundation to help them. We aim to achieve this in a number of ways, both inside and outside of the classroom.

As a Catholic school we make outstanding provision for our pupils spiritual, moral and faith development.  An extensive range of opportunities and activities emphasise the Catholicity of our school,  ranging from the RE curriculum, retreat programmes, weekly Mass, assemblies and liturgies, links with our parishes and feeder primary schools, charitable activities and others.  Pupils develop a set of values, principles and belief centred on the person of Jesus Christ - this informs their perspective on life and will influence their actions now and for the rest of their lives. 

This is a school that seeks to develop academic, spiritual, sporting and creative opportunities for our pupils. There is a place for everyone who comes to our school to work, to learn and who are ready to co-operate with others and have a desire to succeed. Our GCSE exam results in 2011 were the best ever, with 86% of pupils achieving 5 Grades A*-C and above, and we aspire to improve on that figure in 2012. I welcome applications from all faiths to our school.  If you are able to support our ethos you are welcome to come and visit us and see how we work.

Headteacher

John Casey

Year 11 Summer Exam/Revision timetable - This year's summer exam timetable is available on the Parents and Students page here. A revision workshop schedule for all subjects can be found here.

Year 10 trip to Swanage and Lulworth - From the 11th-13th May Year 10 students will be visiting Swanage and Lulworth on a 3 day residential trip for GCSE Geography. Students will study coastal erosion and explore the creation of sea defences.

Year 8 Girls Immunisation - Immunisation for Year 8 girls takes place on Tuesday 8th May 2012.

A Level/BTEC results results 2011

A2 pass rate is 100%. Our current information indicates that over 80% of our A2 students are moving onto university.

GCSE summary 2011

The % of pupils achieving 5 Grades A*-C = 86%.

The % of pupils achieving 5 Grades A* - C inc English and Maths = 42%.

Headteacher John Casey has said "Congratulations to all our students for these results. The results reflect the hard work and efforts of the students and staff who have worked so well together to achieve these grades. I am particularly pleased with the Maths results - we have seen a 15% jump in the figures this year, which confirms our expectations about the improvements taking place in Mathematics at BHF".