BST teachers’ commitment to their students was commended during the recent ISI inspection. BST
The British School in Tokyo (BST) is celebrating success after being confirmed as an “excellent” education facility, the highest mark possible, by a team of independent inspectors from the International Schools Inspectorate (ISI).
At the end of 2011, a team of inspectors spent six days at the school, looking at every aspect of BST. Their purpose was to benchmark the school and to measure it against every other British school in the world, including those in the United Kingdom.
The inspectors carefully scrutinized eight areas, including academic provision; encouragement of personal, moral, and cultural development; school governance, leadership, and management; security and safety at the school; and involvement of parents and carers in their children’s education. In all eight aspects, BST was found to be providing the very best that any school could deliver.
The inspectors describe BST as “a dynamic, creative educational community, which is successful in meeting its aims in delivering a world-class British education in Tokyo to international students from over 50 countries.”
Some highlights of the report are:
- The school is meticulous in the approach it takes to monitoring pupils’ personal development, as well as their academic progress.
- Staff know pupils very well, and show true commitment to their welfare, health, and safety.
- Results are far above the English national average for maintained schools for pupils aged 7 to 11.
- At the GCSE level, results are above the English national average for maintained schools.
- Pupils are very well prepared for a return to senior schools in the United Kingdom and breadth and challenge are provided in the sixth form curriculum through a qualification recognized by universities worldwide.
The full report can be found at http://www.isi.net. — NANCY JENKINS
