Allan Shephard
Executive Principal
Allan Shephard
Hello,
I am the Executive Principal of the Federation of George Betts and Shireland Hall Primary Academies.Our Academy partner is the Elliot Foundation. Together we are committed to working with children, families and the local community to provide an enriched Learning for Life curriculum to prepare our children for their future.

I am delighted to be able to tell you that George Betts continues to go from strength to strength.  Some really important indicators for this are:
  1. Our 2019 SATs results for Year 6 were ‘above national’ in Reading, Writing and Maths, with a high proportion of children achieving greater depth.
  2. Outcomes for children in our Early Years continue to rise.
  3. Our Phonics results for the past 3 years have been above the national average.
  4. Attendance is in line with national data and is better than within the local authority (Sandwell).
  5. Our recent Ofsted inspection (January 2019) acknowledged that pupil behaviour is ‘exemplary’, with provision for personal development and welfare being judged as ‘outstanding’.
  6. In a recent survey, with 322 parent responses, 98% of parents said they would recommend George Betts to others.
  7. 6 of our teachers have been recognised as ‘expert teachers’ within our Academy and support other schools across the MAT.
Congratulations to all children, parents, staff and governors!
No dietary concerns at George Betts

No dietary concerns at George Betts

Posted in: Whole School Letters

You may have seen some stories in the press last week regarding a school in Sandwell serving ice-cream containing pork gelatin after a supplier sent out the wrong product. We would like to reassure parents that this error did not affect our school. Each product we serve at dinner time is ordered by our Kitchen …

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Careers Assembly

Careers Assembly

Posted in: Whole School Letters

Yesterday, we had visitors in our assembly to talk about the new Midland Metropolitan Hospital that is currently being built in Smethwick.   The project manager of the site came in and spoke about all the different jobs it has created. The children asked lots of fantastic questions, he was really impressed! The children were …

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Class Book Corners

Class Book Corners

Posted in: Whole School Letters

Over the last few weeks, our staff have been creating fabulous reading corners for our pupils to enjoy. Each class has a different theme and the children love them!    The Junior Leadership Team choose the corners they thought were the best so congratulations to Tigers and Robins classes on their award winning reading areas.    …

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Admissions Policy Consultation for 2018/19

Posted in: Whole School Letters

The Elliot Foundation Trust (TEFAT) consulted on behalf of Academy Name the proposed admission policy for the academic year 2018/19 as required by the School Admission Code – December 2014   The consultation ran from 31 October 2016 to 19 December 2016.   The consultation has now closed and TEFAT will now consider any comments …

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