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ANNUAL REPORT:BOARDOF GOVERNORS

2017-2018

The Board of Governors

The British school in Baku is managed by a Board of Governors, which meets regularly to oversee the Management and plan, monitor and review the work of school. The Board of Governors met three times during 2017/2018 Academic Year. The Board of Governors is made of 13 nominated representatives.

Members during the 2012/2013 Academic Year were:

1. Samir Valiyev Chairman2. Narmina Valiyeva Vice-Chair3. Basti Agharzayeva Chief Executive Officer4. Linda Swinford-Meyer BSB Principal Primary5. Maxene Whittingham BSB Principal Secondary6. Philip Roche BSB Deputy Principal7. Ronald D’Mello Director of Indinian Clinic and Rahul

Shipping8. Rohayu Kutep HOMS member, representative

of Palestine Embassy

9.Faiza Saeed HOMS member, representative

of Pakistan Embassy

10.Ulviyya Abbasova Head of Multicultural Dep. At

Baku Slavic University

11. Narmina Hasanova Azercell Telecom Team member

12.Ali Merati Director of Doris Shipping and

Forwarding LLC

13.Anna Obretenchev Bulgaria Embassy rep.

This Report is made available to parents of pupils attending BSB. The Chair can and is always willing to offer clarification on any relevant matter, whether included in the report or not.

It should be pointed out that the school works most successfully when there is an effective partnership between students, their parents and the staff of the school.

The Board of Governors usually is elected for a period of three years. The school has applied of the COBIS Patron accreditation and the visit has been appointed for November19-21 2018.

Organizational Structure

A new Organizational Structure was proposed for the 2017/2018 Academic Year. The BOD accepted this proposal.

BSB structure

Staffing

• The number of British and International trained teachers increased.• All the staff has taken on-line training on Educare• A few members of staff attended international workshops APTIS language test was arranged in BSB by British Council to check the level of

English of staff

Curriculum

Students

Background and ethnicity

Primary

18nationalities (40%) are represented in the school, with the largest proportion(60%) being Azeri. There are expat teacher and local teacher classes.

The primary department has a large student body from Asia and Eastern Europe and many children have got dual nationality.

Secondary

Secondary department has over 13 nationalities. The percentage of Azeri students is currently above 70% of the enrolment.

Numbers

External Examinations

In the Secondary Department 3 External Exams were written :

Check Point Year 9 IGCSE Year 11 AS Year 12 Test for attestat Year 12

External Examinations

In the Primary Department they have got Check point on the 3 subjects:

Check point results

Checkpoint Secondary

RESULTS

Session May 2017

Subject

Total number of students

taking examination

Number of students in

groupsGroups Class average

Mathematics 3615 M1 5.614 M2 3.97 M3 1.7

English(English as a Second

Language)18

8 L2 4.1

10 L3 2.9

English(English) 20 14 E1 3.8

6 E2 2.9

Science 3412 S1 4.714 S2 3.48 S3 2.0

Session May 2018

Subject


taking examination



Mathematics 44 11 M1 5.916 M2 4.7

17 M3 2.1English

(English as a Second Language)

2514 L2 4.6

11 L3 3.0


Science 4115 S1 5.113 S2 3.913 S3 2.2

Checkpoint Primary

RESULTS

Session May 2017

Subject


taking examination



Mathematics 39 21 M1 3.518 M2 2.3

English(English as a Second

Language)39

21 L1 4.8

18 L2 3.3

Science 39 21 S1 3.918 S2 1.3

Session May 2018

Subject


taking examination



Mathematics 41 20 M1 3.211 M2 3.0

10 M3 3.9English

(English as a Second Language)

287 L1 3.6

11 L2 3.810 L3 4.9


Science 4120 S1 2.811 S2 2.810 S3 2.8

IGCE Results

IGCSE

THE RESULTS 2018

For students achieving grade A* to C

By DepartmentDEPARTMENT/SUBJECT No of students

taking examination

No. of student passes

2018% PASS RATE

(A* to C)MATHS DEPT 32 19 59%

ENGLISH DEPT1st language 27 19 70%2nd language 7 0 0%Overall English 34 19 56%

SCIENCE DEPTCombined Science 9 2 22%Physics 7 7 100%Biology 14 10 71%Chemistry 9 8 89%Overall Science 39 27 69%

HUMANITIES DEPTGeography 12 2 17%History 6 3 50%

Overall Humanities 18 5 28%

BUSINESS STUDIES DEPTBusiness Studies 19 6 32%Accounting 6 3 50%Economics 18 9 50%Overall Humanities 43 18 42%

MFL DEPTGerman 7 6 86%Russian 1 1 100%French 4 4 100%Overall MFL 12 11 92%

ART 5 5 100%ICT 2 1 50%SOCIOLOGY 1 1 100%

IGCSE

THE RESULTS 2018


By Department

DEPARTMENT/SUBJECT No of students taking

examination


2018% PASS RATE

(A* to C)MATHS DEPT 32 19 59%

ENGLISH DEPT1st language 27 19 70%2nd language 7 0 0%Overall English 34 19 56%

SCIENCE DEPTCombined Science 9 2 22%

Physics 7 7 100%Biology 14 10 71%Chemistry 9 8 89%Overall Science 39 27 69%

HUMANITIES DEPTGeography 12 2 17%History 6 3 50%Overall Humanities 18 5 28%

BUSINESS STUDIES DEPTBusiness Studies 19 6 32%Accounting 6 3 50%Economics 18 9 50%Overall Humanities 43 18 42%

MFL DEPTGerman 7 6 86%Russian 1 1 100%French 4 4 100%Overall MFL 12 11 92%

ART 5 5 100%ICT 2 1 50%SOCIOLOGY 1 1 100%

DEPARTMENT RESULTS 2016(C and above)

RESULTS 2017(C and above)

RESULTS 2018(C and above)

Reasons for % change

Maths 72% 65% 59% Possible over-testingEnglish 1st Lang 86% 90%English 2nd Language

29% 65%

Overall 56% Staffing issueScience 44% 44% 49%Humanities 44% 29% 28% staffingBusiness studies 16% 55% 42% StaffingMFL 73% 81% 92% Excellent result from these ladies

who have limited English and no experience with IGCSE

ART 100% 57% 100 Six students over two groups this

result was expectedICT 0% 50

By Subject

DEPARTMENT/SUBJECT RESULTS2016

No. of student passes2017

No of students taking

examination2017

% PASS RATE (STUDENTS

ACHIEVING C AND ABOVE)

2017MATHS 21/29 - 72% 15 23 65%ENGLISH1st language 12/14 - 86% 9 10 90%2nd language 4/14 - 29% PENDING PENDING PENDING

SCIENCECombined Science 1/5 - 20% 1 9 11%Physics 7/13 - 54% 6 7 86%Biology 7/20 - 35% 6 13 46%Chemistry 7/12 - 58% 3 7 43%

HUMANITIESGeography 1/9 - 11% 0 10 0%History 6/7 - 86% 2 5 40%

BUSINESS STUDIESBusiness Studies 4/14 – 29% 5 11 45%Accounting 0/5 - 0% 3 6 50%Economics 4/11 – 36% 7 8 88%

DEPARTMENTRESULTS 2018(C and above)

No of students taking exam

No of passes A* to C % A* to C

Physics 9 2 22%Chemistry 7 7 100%Biology 14 10 71%Combined Science 9 2 22%

Overall science 39 19 49%

English (2017) 0verall 17 11 65%

Travel & Tourism 1/2 – 50% 1 4 25%

MFLGerman 7/9 - 78% 7 8 88%Russian 2/2 - 100% 1 1 100%French 2/4 - 50% 5 7 71%

ART 1/1 - 100% 4 7 57%

ICT 3/3 – 100% 0 2 0%

AS and A Level Results

AS

THE RESULTS 2016


By Department

CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATIONSDEPARTMENT/SUBJECT No of students

taking examination


(A* to C)

2016% PASS RATE

(A* to C)

MATHS DEPT ASAS Maths 3 3 100%

BUSINESS STUDIES DEPT ASEconomics 3 0 No to C passesBusiness Studies 4 0

HUMANITIES DEPT ASHistory 1 0 No to C passes

ENGLISH DEPT AS

English Language 3 1 33.3%

AS

THE RESULTS 2017


By Department


taking examination


(A* to C)

2017% PASS RATE

(A* to C)

MATHS DEPT ASAS Maths 6 3 50%

BUSINESS STUDIES DEPT ASEconomics 2 0 No to C passes

ENGLISH DEPT ASEnglish Language 1 0

A2

THE RESULTS 2017


By Department


taking examination


(A* to C)

2017% PASS RATE

(A* to C)

MATHS DEPT ASAS Maths 1 0

BUSINESS STUDIES DEPT ASEconomics 1 1 100%Business Studies 1 1 100%

AS

THE RESULTS 2017


By Department

EDEXCEL DEPARTMENT/SUBJECT No of students

taking examination


(A* to C)

2017% PASS RATE

(A* to C)

MATHS DEPTAS Further Maths 2 0 NO A to C Passes

SCIENCE DEPT - ASPhysics 3 0

Biology 4 0Chemistry 3 0Overall Science

MFL DEPT AS/A2Russian AS 2 2 100%

AS and A2

THE RESULTS 2018


By Department

EDEXCEL DEPARTMENT/SUBJECT No of students

taking examination


(A* to C)

2018% PASS RATE

(A* to C)

MATHS DEPTA2 Further Maths 2 0 NO A to C Passes

SCIENCE DEPT - ASPhysics 2 0BiologyChemistry 1 0Overall Science

SCIENCE DEPT – A2Physics 1 0Biology 1 0Chemistry 1 0Overall Science

MFL DEPT AS/A2Russian AS 1 1 100%

Russian A2 2 2 100%

AS and A2

THE RESULTS 2018


By Department


taking examination


(A* to C)

2018% PASS RATE

(A* to C)

MATHS DEPTA2 Maths 3 2

Curriculum

All pupils in the Secondary School are prepared for public, external examinations set and marked by Cambridge International Examinations and Edexcel Examination Boards, the world leading providers of British system international examinations.

Check point was introduced to the primary school key stage2 (year6) a year ago and last year students successfully passed them.

Pupils in Key Stage 3 (years 7 to (, ages 11 to 14) are prepared to the Cambridge Checkpoint examination in English, Mathematics and Science. In addition, pupils study courses in Geography, History, French/German/ Russian, Extra English, ICT, Art, Music and PE.

At Key Stage 4 (years10 and 11, ages 14-16) pupils prepare to take seven subjects in the Cambridge IGCSE programme. Students are required to take 3 Compulsory Subjects and choose 4 subjects from the Option Groups to have 7 subjects in total.

Compulsory Subjects

: English (First or Second Language Level)

: Mathematics

: Biology

: PE (Not IGCSE Subject)

Options : Students choose one subject from each group

Group 1 : Physics

: Business Studies

: Art

Group 2 : History

: Economics

: Travel and Tourism

Group 3 : Chemistry

: Geography

: Accounting

Group 4 : French

: German

: Russian

: English Support

: ICT

Pupils in Year 12 must take at least four subjects at AS Level and three subjects in Year 13 on A2 Level. This will qualify them for entry to British and other universities worldwide. In order to qualify for AS students have to pass at least 4 IGCSE Subjects with no Grade Lower than a C. Students will not be allowed to choose a subject on AS Level if he/she did not pass the subject at IGCSE Level.

On AS Level subjects are again divided into Compulsory subjects and Optional subjects.

Compulsory Subjects : AS English Language Level

: IELTS

: Statistics (If Mathematics is chosen as a subject)

: PE (Not IGCSE Subject)

Options : Students choose one subject from each group

Group 1 : Business Studies

: Physics

: History

Group 2 : Economics

: Geography

: Biology

Group 3 : Mathematics

: Applied ICT

: Chemistry

Group 4 : French

: German

: Russian

Also BSB started pre-university programme teaching students SAT and IELTS

A number of students participated in Mangihari math competition and got golden medals

Three students could take IGCSE exam a year earlier and got A.

Students participated in UN model competition in Dubai.

BSB has started an interesting projects “The famous people at BSB”. Among them there were:

Ambassador of UK

Ambassador of Palestine,

Ambassador of Mexico,

UNHR representative,

Mr. Kiva, famous airplane designer, national hero of Ukraine

EAL and Special Educational Needs

In both the Primary and Secondary Departments provision is made for students who need English Support as well as students with Special Educational Needs.

Number of pupils for whom English is an additional language (EAL)

Number of such pupils who receive specific school support for their English

Maintenance and Facilities

Several projects to make the facilities at BSB better were undertaken during the 2017/2018 Academic Year. These included :

• The construction of new building for secondary has been started which will include 45 classrooms, bigger in size, gym hall, assembly hall and etc.

• Most classrooms were painted

• A new Computer Network and Office Management System were installed

• Several new Electronic Whiteboards and Projectors were installed

• Most of the chairs in Secondary were replaced

• An order was placed for extra books for the Secondary Library

Instagram and Facebook

The Instagram and facebook of the the school were regularly updated

School Policies

As required by the relevant regulations, the school updated all the Policies. Special consideration was given to :

• Anti-Bullying

• Assessment

• Attendance

• Behaviour

• Child protection

• Complaints

• Duty Supervision

• Fire Safety

• Admissions

• Parents in school

Dignity policy

All these policies are now also available on the school’s website.

Fund- Raising activities and Charity Donations

BSB ran several events to raise money to support various charities in Azerbaijan. The school community is extremely generous and the efforts made by the students are wholeheartedly encouraged and supported. The Student Council organized non-uniform days, Bake Sales etc.

Projects that were supported were :

• Money was also donated to the Center of Autism, the Homeless and the Baku Animal Center.

• Special Christmas and Novruz Collections of the clothing and toiletries for the orphanage were also done.

Together with UNHR the money were raised to support refugees

BSB held international charity bazaar on occasion of 100th anniversary of establishment Democratic Republic in Azerbaijan with the participation of a number of Embassies in Azerbaijan

Primary students participated in recycling project “Eco Baku”

Health and Safety

The school has a Health and Safety Policy in place and teachers are assigned as Health and Safety Officers. Regular inspections are done and reports presented to the management.

Issues that were raised and acted on were :

• Electrical appliances and electrical cables that were not safe

• Heating and cooling in certain rooms

• Broken windows

• Fire extinguishers needs regular servicing

• First Aid training for staff

Maintenance is kept up-to-date and safety continuously monitored. Fire drill procedures are reviewed at least once a term when a Fire Drill, involving pupils and staff, is carried out.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Both in the Primary- and Secondary Departments after school activities are organized by the staff :

These include :

• Basketball

• Soccer

• Volleyball

• Art

• Drama

• Choir

• Science

• MUN

• Cooking

• Athletics

The MUN team participated at a MUN conference held in Baku and one of the team members was awarded a certificate for outstanding performance.Also students participated in MUN with COBIS schools in Dubai The Senior boys Soccer team won a silver medal at the Silk Roads Championship. The choir was also extremely successful and was invited to several events organized by the British Council and British Embassy. At the Athletics competition the school won 10 medals which included several gold medals.

Students were taken on International trips to :

• Dubai

• UK

Several local trips were also organized throughout the year.

Conclusion

It was an extremely busy, yet successful year for BSB. The Board of Governors wishes to thank all the members of the school community who have contributed to the school over the past year.

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