Most Recent Inspection Report
The predecessor school was last inspected in February 2024. The outcome of the inspection is that BG is a good school, with good judgements in all five key areas. A copy of the report can be found below and will be published on the OfSTED website during w/c 22/04/2024.
In Autumn 2025, OfSTED made significant changes to the inspection framework and how inspections are conducted. Our setting has not yet been inspected under the new framework and approach.
BG voluntarily converted to academy status with the ECM Academy Trust in June 2024. When this happens, technically, a new school opens meaning that all previous inspections are associated with the predecessor school. New academies are normally inspected in the first three years of operation.
While the inspection of 2024 is now, technically, associated with the predecessor school, there have been very few staffing and leadership or curriculum changes since 2024 and so much of the report of the 2024 inspection remains relevant.
Under the new inspection framework, leaders self-evaluate the school. OfSTED no longer uses the grade descriptors of Inadequate / Requires improvement / Good ? Outstanding.
More information about how OfSTED now evaluates school performance can be found here Education inspection framework: for use from November 2025 - GOV.UK