3 It is a pleasure and a privilege to introduce this edition of the Best of BEST. We are a Trust that cherishes everyone and aims for human flourishing. I hope you enjoy reading the following pages and come to visit us: you will be impressed. Delivering excellence to more young people During 2024-25, BEST continued its excellent record of all schools and nurseries within our Trust achieving Outstanding or Good Ofsted inspection grades. Indeed, Robert Bloomfield Academy was graded Outstanding for the fourth time in succession! Such exceptional standards have led to schools being oversubscribed across BEST, with pupil numbers growing from 3683 in 2016 to 8511 in 2025. Our Trust believes in community-based education and offers a wide-range of school structures, including lower, primary, middle, upper and secondary to meet ever-rising demand. In 2026, BEST will celebrate its 10 Year Anniversary. As part of this anniversary, BEST has embarked on a Big Community Listen (details to follow). This began with senior leaders expressing their views on what it is like to lead BEST schools. Below is an AI summary of their views: “BEST is where schools keep their own identity, but never stand alone. Support is genuine, trust is earned, and values guide every choice. Children come first, people are seen, and collaboration lifts whole communities.” BEST Senior Leaders, Summer 2025 BEST Big Community Listen We are determined to improve continually, treat each other with kindness and keep your views at the heart of all we do. Please get involved with your Big Community Listen, as your views really do matter and will shape our future. Together, we will continue to ‘grow the BEST everyone’. Welcome to The Best of BEST
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