Malvern St James Strategic Vision Brochure

Our Strategic Vision

#BeAnythingAchieveEverything

From the Headmistress In 2019, MSJ celebrated 100 years of excellent all‑girls’ education in our building. The women who started our founding schools were pioneers, way ahead of their time in recognising the contribution that women could make to society. A century on, MSJ continues to provide first class girls’ education with conviction, passion and ambition.

We are in a new technology-led era with a fast-changing career landscape and bigger, global perspectives. Our students need to be ready for this. MSJ will stay ahead of the curve, future-proofing the girls’ learning, giving them the academic and soft skills to succeed, and opening up opportunities for them to excel.

Our pastoral care will focus on our holistic wellbeing programme, called MSJ Buzz. Based on resilience and ‘growth mindset’, this is instrumental to all students’ personal development, and their academic achievement.

Our boarding houses will retain their welcoming ‘home from home’ atmosphere within a modern estate.

Here, we give you a snapshot of our recent significant investments, and our plans for where we are heading next.

Consultations, plans and delivery timelines will be finalised in the forthcoming months. I look forward to sharing these with you later this academic year, and I welcome your comments.

OLIVERA RARATY, HEADMISTRESS

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The MSJ ethos:

1 FIRST CLASS TEACHING ANDÂ LEARNING

2 OUTSTANDING PASTORAL CARE

3 A MODERN BOARDING ENVIRONMENT

4 SPORTING EXCELLENCE

5 ENRICHING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

6 PHILANTHROPY AND FUNDRAISING

Teaching and Learning Now:

• Modelling confidence, risk-taking and growth mindset, and harnessing

cutting‑edge technology

• iSAMS, an information sharing system for the entire school community, launched

Autumn 2019 for 360 degree monitoring of pupil progress and development

• Individual academic and enrichment pathways for every girl

Next:

• Smart Classrooms: creating a full e-learning experience for pupils

using innovative technologies

• Modernising the Library facilities: blending the best of traditional

and modern teaching and learning practices

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A Modern Boarding Environment Now:

• Greenslade refurbishment 2018/19:

Year 13 transition-to-university house

Next:

• Benhams renovation • Hatfield upgrade

Sporting Excellence Now:

• £500k astroturf pitch opening Autumn 2019

Next:

• Sporting excellence for elite athletes – facilities and coaching • Sporting pathway for every girl in school – stamina and resilience • Tree planting across sports grounds for summer shade • Sports pavilion refurbishment

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Outstanding Pastoral Care and Personal Development Now:

• MSJ Buzz: holistic wellbeing programme – personal,

emotional, academic

Next:

• MSJ Hive: a dedicated space to house MSJ Buzz • MSJ Ethical Leadership programme, giving girls leadership

confidence and experience

• Working towards the Gold Boarding School Mental Health

Award from the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools

Enriching Community Partnerships Now:

• MSJ Alumnae 100 launched March 2019: inspirational role models • Outreach to local schools

Next: • Community Service embedded in the curriculum • Harnessing the power of businesses, alumnae, parent and past parent

networks to support girls with opportunities, and the School’s development aims

• More outreach to local primary and secondary schools, and state and

independent schools teacher partnerships

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Philanthropy and Fundraising Now:

• Development Director appointed summer 2019

Next:

• The Founders’ Awards scholarship bursary fund: increasing

access for exceptional girls who could not be at MSJ without financial assistance

• 2025 Development Plan’s flagship projects: Smart Classrooms

and Library, whole-campus integrated IT infrastructure, boarding renovations, outstanding Sports provision

• Consultation process • Presentations to parents and MSJ Community – Spring 2020

Communicating with you Now:

• Firefly, our parent portal, embedded as core resource • Our new calendar app launched

Next:

• Our new MSJ website: Autumn Term 2019 launch

From the Governors Dear Friends of MSJ, The governors take seriously their responsibility for the oversight and the strategy of the school. In consultation with us, the Headmistress and her team define the school’s vision, reaffirming what it is that our organisation exists to achieve, our character and ethos.

However, it is not just about describing the here and now; we also look to the future, and to articulate the type of organisation we wish to become.

At the same time, we wish to reassure you that we will continue to cherish the school’s wonderful traditions and preserve its unique qualities.

To further enhance this plan, we welcome views and assistance from all quarters of the MSJ community. After all, to be successful it needs to be a shared vision.

Finally, without question, there is evidence of an increasing air of anticipation within the school community: a school very much in the ascendant in every way; a school which understands what it is, and where it is going; a school that is committed to being a sector leader in girls’ education; offering the very best of boarding and day school experiences in a modern and caring way; a school that embodies the very best of a contemporary education which is rooted in traditional values; and, a school with a real heart, which fosters courage, tenacity, inquisitiveness, high achievement, resilience and kindness.

We look forward to hearing your views.

MSJ GOVERNING COUNCIL 11

Girls are our change-makers… our dreamers and visionaries who could change the world.

MICHELLE OBAMA

15 Avenue Road, Great Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3BA, United Kingdom

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