ABOUT BEST

BEST VISION, VALUES & BELIEFS

BEST Vision Statement

To grow the BEST in everyone.  We believe in the importance of high expectations, hard work and the development of a community of schools where each of us strive to ‘be the best that we can be’.

BEST Values

We will:

Always put Children first

Our reference point question is ‘how will this improve outcomes for children and enable them to go on and succeed in life?’

Collaborate to support and compete to challenge

Our schools work together to add value and compete to continually improve

Provide community-based provision

Our schools form a coherent learning community at the heart of the Bedfordshire community

BEST Beliefs

We will:

Deliver BEST outcomes

Outcomes will be in the top 20% nationally

Provide BEST opportunities

An extensive range of opportunities beyond the classroom will be provided to

develop the whole person

Nurture talent

Our responsibility is to invest in our people and bring out the BEST in everyone

Operate a high autonomy, high accountability culture

Professionals will lead our system and take responsibility to continually raise standards

Lead through service

Leaders and followers will work together with mutual respect and shared responsibility

Our aims can only be achieved if we recruit, retain and develop the highest quality workforce – and we want those we employ to be valued in the workplace.

As a single employer, we are able to offer all our staff a fantastic range of benefits, including an excellent working environment, opportunities for career development and training, and discounts and deals that will help save you money.

Full details can be found in our BEST People staff benefits brochure, available for download from our MyNewTerm careers page, or on our website at

www.bestacademies.org.uk/jobs

The formative years of BEST have been a real success story – and we are looking forward to an exciting future, too.

ABOUT ST CHRISTOPHERS ACADEMY

St Christophers Academy is a primary school with approximately 380 pupils including a Nursery with 60 children. The school is located in the town of Dunstable, close to the border with Luton.  In February 2025 the Academy was inspected and judged as Good in all areas.

Since then, we have continued to improve and are constantly striving to develop our practice and raise levels of achievement. The size of the Academy and membership of the Trust mean that opportunities available to staff are incredibly varied and wide-ranging. We have a growing reputation for developing an exciting and innovative culture of research within the Academy.

The Staff teams across the academy are very friendly and welcoming. We are always available to help with any matters and work together to help make the background running of the Academy run as smoothly as possible.

If you would like to visit St Christophers Academy during a normal teaching day,

please do not hesitate to contact us on Tel: 01582 500960