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From The Principal’s Desk From The Principal’s Desk

UK Government Accreditation In-Country Routes to QTS

BSO schools have the right to display the ‘BSO Experienced graduate teachers overseas
With only two weeks Inspected’ logo on websites and publications. who, for one reason or another, do not have a

before the End of term The UK government gained worldwide legal UK-recognised teaching qualification are also
able to pursue routes to QTS followed by ECT
protection of this logo, which has the status
examinations begin, of a “State Emblem”. Induction in a BSO accredited school.

time is of the Benchmark Against Leading British Schools Join AoBSO

A BSO school can join the Association of British
Schools that have successfully undergone
essence. a BSO inspection demonstrate to parents Schools Overseas (AoBSO) and benefit from

and the school community that they have membership of an organisation that brings
reached a certain standard and that this is together Heads and Principals to pursue com-
similar to that of a UK independent school that mon interests.
has attained the same rating in an Indepen-
dent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) inspection. Beyond Outstanding
a school the status of a British School Over-
(ISI inspects the great majority of UK-based Any school, no matter how good, can benefit
seas. The BSO scheme was implemented in from an external assessment of their strengths
Robert Franklin 2010 to give schools, parents and others an independent schools).
Principal and areas for development.
assurance that a school had been properly
Ofsted Monitored External Validation
inspected and to give access to the inspec-
The Board of Governors may wish to use an The final Inspection will take place in Novem-
Dear Parents, tion reports of each BSO school. inspection as a measure of how well their ber.

school is operating. Although this should, of
There are several reasons why The Regent
course, be one of many indicators used.
t was a very smooth and calm return Secondary School wants to submit itself to the

to school for the final half term of the rigorous BSO inspection system. The Regent
Become a DfE Registered School
Iacademic year 2023-2024. The pupils Primary School went through the process
BSO schools are given a DfE GIAS number as
arrived back on Monday morning and it last year and emerged with an evaluation of
part of the recognition of their status.
was business as usual as we went straight Outstanding, which is extremely difficult to
into the normal timetable. With only two achieve. Gaining BSO status shows that the
Eligibility for ECT Induction
weeks before the End of term examina- school has educational standards that are
BSO schools have the right to take British Early
tions begin, time is of the essence. comparable with independent school stan-
Career Teachers (ECTs) through their Statu-
dards in the UK. It also offers the following:
tory Induction in the same way as if they to do
This week we had an Inspector from PEN-
this in a school in England.
TA in school. PENTA is an organisation
which conducts inspections of schools
for the UK government and can confer on

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