School Charter
School Mission
To provide world class education.
Core Principles
- Motivate students to explore and achieve the extent of their abilities.
- To develop students to become independent, confident, lifelong learners.
- Uphold the values of honesty, integrity and respect for others.
- Provide a vibrant, happy and secure environment.
- Recruit, retain and develop high caliber staff.
- Promote the general good within our community.
- Safeguard the long-term development and reputation of the school.
Educational Objectives
Personal Development
Top of the school’s priorities is the personal development of its pupils. The study of academic subjects is as much a means for developing key skills as it is for acquiring subject specific knowledge. The following are key attributes that pupils should develop at the school and the learning of which must be integrated into classroom work and school life.
Independence: Pupils must be taught and encouraged to think independently and to become self-reliant.
Teamwork & leadership: The school views teamwork and leadership as interdependent and complementary skills. Pupils must become used to working in teams and groups. They should learn to appreciate good leadership and be provided with opportunities to develop their own leadership skills.
Endeavour: Endeavour stems from the benefits and satisfaction of hard work. The school must develop pupils' capacity for purposeful effort by focusing on and rewarding effort over achievement.
Presence: Presence refers to the positive presentation of one’s self and one's work before others. Pupils must be encouraged at all times to develop and refine the oral, written and visual presentation of themselves and their work.
Awareness: Personal success and well-being correlates strongly with self-awareness. Within the scope of each teacher's own capability, pupils should be taught and encouraged to reflect on and express appropriately their emotions. The school must provide opportunities for quiet thought and reflection.
Decency: Behaving decently towards others is everyone's unquestionable responsibility. The school must ensure that the promotion of kindness, honesty and integrity is a daily part of school life and that all poor conduct is quickly addressed.
Courage: Courage empowers people to do well for themselves and for others. The school must teach pupils to overcome their fears and make well considered and calculated risks in a healthy, constructive way.
Academic Development
Academic achievement is a result of ability, effort and good practice. Academic goals should be linked to the fulfillment of individual potential and empowering pupils to continue learning after they leave the school.
Curriculum Standards: The school is sufficiently selective to expect that all pupils reach, as a minimum level, the academic standards corresponding to their age for all core subjects as defined in the English National Curriculum.
Standards: The school selects students so that they are able to reach and surpass the academic standards corresponding to their age for all subjects.
Maximising potential: The school must implement an on-going process of identifying each individual’s academic potential and devising a plan for reaching it.
The British of Brasilia (BSB) is part of The British Schools Foundation (BSF), an established educational organisation that has successfully founded premier international schools in 8 countries across 3 continents.