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Brindishe Schools: The power of three...

A tour of a family of three Ofsted outstanding schools in London uncovers some of their secrets to success, including a curriculum tailored to cater for diverse communities. Fiona Aubrey-Smith explains

At SSAT, one of our recent learning walk activities has been of the three Ofsted outstanding schools which make up the Brindishe family of schools in south east London.

Led by executive headteacher Dame Vicki Paterson, each school has its own personality, community and staffing, including its own very able headteacher – but there is a very distinct set of values which bring the schools together to serve their local and shared community of children and families.

Each of the individual schools – Brindishe Lee, Brindishe Green and Brindishe Manor – have blossomed into outstanding schools from very different starting points and, significantly, each school has a very different "feel" – one being a very close-knit community school, one a traditional local family school, and one an exciting global village school.

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