BET Brochure 2025 by Polly Sharpe

WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY OF SCHOOLS

Established in 2014, BET is a multi-academy trust (MAT) bringing excellence in education and real benefits to over 12,000 young people, regardless of their background, across the south east and beyond.

ABOUT BET

We are a growing, progressive MAT of non-fee paying schools, working together with shared values and standards to ensure consistency and excellence for all our students.

Our family comprises primary, secondary, all-through schools and sixth forms. Our schools span education authorities across the south east, including Hampshire, Portsmouth, Wokingham and Sussex.

BET’S VISION

Our vision is one of the highest expectations, an ethos of ‘enjoy, respect, achieve’, unparalleled opportunity and highly effective teaching which combine to develop students who are ‘game-changers.’

Through the highest quality of leadership across primary and secondary schools and a strong emphasis on learning beyond the classroom, we believe BET’s offering is second-to-none.

Our founding school, Bohunt School in Liphook, Hampshire, is in the top 1% of schools nationally for GCSE results, is a Times Parent Power Top 20 School and has been awarded TES School of the Year. Lauded for the breadth of its educational offering, our ethos, ‘enjoy, respect, achieve’ now permeates all our schools.

OUR APPROACH

Since its inception, BET has enjoyed outstanding academic success, bringing its expertise and excellence to other schools, benefitting students and teachers alike. Our approach is seeing fantastic results. Under BET, a number of our schools have made improvement from Ofsted RI to Good or Outstanding.

BET LEARNING

BET’s approach to teaching and learning is innovative and immersive - a rich blend of the latest education thinking, technology and practice in and outside the classroom. Across all our schools, we have introduced a range of game-changing teaching methods, including language immersion in Mandarin, cross-cultural projects with Sweden, China and Germany, and an integrated Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) curriculum developed in partnership with business and industry.

WORKING AT BET

Our teachers and support staff enjoy the opportunity to fast-track their careers, experience different roles, departments and schools; share best practice and enjoy more flexibility, all whilst staying with the same employer. We have high performance expectations: our leadership opportunities are extensive and we are committed to supporting our staff, both with their professional development and wellbeing.

OUR SCHOOLS

HAMPSHIRE

SURREY

BERKSHIRE

WEST SUSSEX

CENTRAL SERVICES TEAM

Our Central Services team provides comprehensive support to schools across various key areas. The team plays a vital role in ensuring operational efficiency, compliance and governance excellence across the BET family, supporting our overall mission of providing innovative education of exceptionally high quality to students.

CORE PROVISION

EDUCATION

• 14 Subject experts (curriculum, assessment and pedagogy) in English, Maths, Science, Geography, History, Personal Development, Modern Foreign Languages, SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) and the Outdoors.

• 16 lead practitioners to support as required/requested.

• Primary specialist.

• Primary curriculum support.

• Data analytics team.

• School improvement team incorporating behaviour, wellbeing, safeguarding, educational outcomes and disadvantaged students.

• A Leadership Academy with expertise in Initial Teacher Training, Early Career Teachers, leadership development at all levels and induction.

• ECT programme coordination.

• High quality, game-changer curriculum across all subject areas.

• Digital transformation team led by our Digital Director.

FINANCE

• Fully managed Treasury and Accounts Payable services.

• Monthly management accounts production & analysis.

• Budget planning and monitoring.

• Statutory reporting.

• External audit managed at trust level.

• External firm used for internal audits.

OPERATIONS

• Health and Safety - A cloud-based approach to risk assessments and management, which will allow school-based staff to record statutory compliance checks such as for e.g. fire alarm testing, legionella testing, plant maintenance and servicing tasks.

• Health and Safety internal audit process, whereby each school is visited regularly for an in-depth risk assessment audit.

• Estates management support.

• Capital project planning.

• Procurement services.

• Bid assistance for external and internal grants.

HUMAN RESOURCES

• Support for school recruitment and on-boarding processes.

• Professional advice for:

» Employee relations casework: e.g. TUPE, disciplinary, grievance, absence.

» Wellbeing including Occupational Health.

» Family leave arrangements (maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, adoption).

» Visas.

• Staff Benefits

» Automatic pay progression for all where applicable (unless evidence to suggest otherwise).

» Annual cost of living increase for teachers and support staff.

» iPad for all staff.

» Rewards Gateway – Vivup platform with supermarket and high street discounts.

» Holiday alignment with best practice in education, exceeding government expectation of 195 days.

PAY AND BENEFITS

• Payroll administration and communication ensuring legislation and HMRC compliance.

• Pensions administration and reporting for LGPS and Teachers’ Pensions.

• Benefits rewards platform including retail and other discounts, Cycle to Work Scheme.

• Access to Employee Assistance Provider for information and therapy support.

IT SERVICES

• IT development strategy.

• Safeguarding filtering & monitoring.

• Data security and compliance guidance.

• Common procurement.

• Support function.

GOVERNANCE

• Policy provision and management.

• Governance development, co-ordination and support including clerking and governance services.

• Generic legal support including escalated complaints and concerns.

• Development of first-line data protection support.

• Website monitoring.

• Board meeting coordination.

MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

• Branding and marketing strategies, highlighting academic excellence and USPs.

• PR campaigns to enhance schools’ visibility and reputation. Coordination of media relations efforts, e.g. local features and news, national exam results, open events and Ofsted inspections.

• Communication with stakeholders, including crisis management.

SCHOOLS DIRECTORY

The Costello School www.costelloschool.co.uk

GOVERNANCE

Effective governance is at the heart of any successful school, academy or MAT. BET’s governance model is designed to ensure management and delivery of MAT services, as well as standards, are maintained across all our schools.

See our website for further details www.bohunttrust.co.uk Or scan the QR code below.