ANNUAL REPORT : BOARD OF GOVERNORS
2013-2014
THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The school is managed by a Board of Governors, which meets regularly to oversee the Financial
Management and to plan, monitor and review the work of the school. The Board of Governors met
four times during 2013/2014 Academic Year.
The Board of Governors is made up of 13 nominated representatives.
Members during the 2012/2013 Academic Year were :
1. Samir Valiyev
2. BestiAgarzayeva
3. David Draper
4. LutfulKabir
5. Ronald D’mello
6. RuslanSadirhanov
7. ElmirFatullayev
8. RohayuKutep
9. Alum Bati
10. NarminaHasanova
11. Katherine Meunier
12. Andre Nel
13. SevilKabir
Chairman
CEO
Consultant
International Advisor, CSSN
(the Auspices of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan)
Director of Indian Clinic LLC and Rahul Shipping &Commerce
Vice-rector for International Relations,OYU
Regional representative,Azerbaijan/Caspian,BP
Representative of Embassy of Palestine, HOMS
Director of Wicklow Corporate Services LTD.
Azercell Telecom LLC.
Head of Primary,ex-officio
Acting Principal, Head of Secondary,ex-officio
Secretary (non-voting member)
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.
We believe that the school works most successfully when there is an effective partnership
between the students, their parents, and the staff of the school. The Board of Governors is elected
for a period of three years.
In November 2013 the school was inspected by ISI and got accreditation and became accredited
member of COBIS (see the report on www.bsb-edu.org.uk)
In June 2013 the school went through an ISI Pre-Inspection process. A senior ISI Inspector, Mr.
Peter Jones visited the school.
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Students
Background and ethnicity
Primary
Twenty-five nationalities are represented in the school, with the largest proportion (65%) being Azeri.
The Expat stream in primary is evenly split between foreign and Azeri. The Primary Department has
a large student body from Asia and Eastern Europe (23%). 11% originate from English speaking
countries and many of these children have dual nationality.
Secondary
Background and ethnicity
Secondary Department has over 16 nationalities. In most cases however, there are only one or
students from a specific country (embassy children). The percentage of Azeri students is currently
above 80% of the enrolment. Having said this, there are quite a few Azeri students with dual
nationality although it is not always declared.
External Examinations
In the Secondary Department 3 External Exams were written :
Check Point Results
English
2.3
Mathematics
4.5
Science
3.8
a*
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1.43
Percentage
2012/13
Percentage
2013/14
Grade
Number
of
results 2013/14
IGCSE Results 2012/13
60.01
6.71%
59.73%
2
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
u
10
14
17
13
7
2
2
4
14.29
20
24.29
18.57
10
2.86
2.86 34.29
5.71 5.71
12.08%
18.79%
22.15%
18.12%
8.72%
4.03%
3.36% 34.23%
6.04% 6.04%
a*
a
b
c
d
e
u
0
8
2
8
6
3
5
0
25
6.25
25
56.25
18.75
9.38 28.13
15.63 15.63
Percentage
2012/13
Percentage
2013/14
Grade
Number
of
results 2013/14
AS and A Level Results
0
0.00%
22.22%
7.41%
14.81%
25.93%
48.15%
22.22%
29.63% 29.63%
Curriculum
All pupils in the Secondary School are prepared for public, external examinations set and marked
by Cambridge International Examinations, the world's leading provider of British-system
international examinations.
Pupils in Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to 9, ages 11 to 14) are prepared for 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.
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At Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11, ages 14 to 16) pupils prepare to take up to seven subjects in the
Cambridge IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) 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.
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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
EAL
The Secondary Departments provision is for students who need English Support.
Number of pupils for whom English is an additional language (EAL)
Number of such pupils who receive specific school support for their English
PRIMARY READING RESULTS JUNE 2014
5
20
Year Group
1
2
3
4
5
6
Number of
Pupils
38
49
38
35
37
43
Below
Expected
Level
(%)
8
10
32
23
35
19
At Expected
Level
(%)
71
80
68
77
57
58
Above
Expected
Level
Outstanding
(%)
(%)
13
10
0
0
5
21
8
0
0
0
3
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PRIMARY WRITING RESULTS JUNE 2014
Year Group
1
2
3
4
5
6
Number of
Pupils
38
49
38
35
37
43
Below
Expected
Level
(%)
8
31
39
23
43
23
At Expected
Level
(%)
89
69
61
74
49
56
6
Above
Expected
Level
Outstanding
(%)
(%)
3
0
0
3
8
16
0
0
0
0
0
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PRIMARY MATHS RESULTS JUNE 2014
Year Group
1
2
3
4
5
6
Number of
Pupils
Below
Expected
Level
(%)
7
10
19
3
5
14
38
49
38
35
37
43
At Expected
Level
Above
Expected
Level
Outstanding
(%)
(%)
(%)
16
8
5
23
60
33
74
82
76
74
35
53
3
0
0
0
0
0
PUPIL ATTAINMENT AT END OF KS1
Reading
Writing
Maths
BSB
L2+
L2b+
L3
England
L2+
L2b+
L3
(%)
90
69
88
(%)
65
33
82
(%)
10
0
8
(%)
90
86
92
(%)
81
70
80
(%)
31
16
24
L4b+
L5
(%)
78
68
76
(%)
50
33
42
PUPIL ATTAINMENT AT END OF KS2
Reading
Writing
Maths
BSB
L4+
L4b+
L5
England
L4+
(%)
81
76
86
(%)
65
58
74
(%)
23
21
33
(%)
89
85
86
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* In England, only the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling aspects of writing are tested to sublevels.
Organizational Structure
A new Organizational Structure was proposed for the 2013/2014 Academic Year. The BOD
accepted this proposal. Later The Phase Coordinator system was abolished
THE BRITISH SCHOOL IN BAKU
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 2013/2014
BSB B.O.D.
CEO
Principal
Deputy Principal - Student Affairs
Secondary Department
Deputy Principal - Curriculum
Secondary Department
Deputy Principal - Curriculum
Primary Department
HOD
Eng
HOD
Math
HOD
ICT
HOD
Science
HOD
Hum
HOD
MFL
HOD
CA
HOD
Azeri
HOD
PE
SENCO
EAL
Phase Coor
KS 1
Phase Coor
KS 2
Phase Coor
KS 2
Eng 1
Math 1
ICT 1
Sc 1
His 1
Rus
Music
Az 1
PE 1
EAL 1
Library
Y1
Y2
Y3
Y4
Y5
Y6
Music
Eng 2
Math 2
Sc 2
His 2
Ger
Art
Az 2
PE 2
EAL 2
Library
Y1
Y2
Y3
Y4
Y5
Y6
Art
Eng 3
Math 3
Sc 3
Bus/Ec
French
Az 3
PE 2
EAL 3
Y1
Y2
Y3
Y4
Y5
Y6
ICT
Eng 4
Math 4
Sc 4
B/E/Ge
Y3
PE
B/E/Ge
English Support
English Support
English Support
Staffing
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The number of British and International trained expat teachers increased.
Three INSET days were done for all the staff and teachers from other schools helped the
management put together meaningful workshops.
A few members of staff attended international workshops:
o Child Projection Courses
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 UK
o Mathematics Courses
 Oman
 All staff got on-line training on Educare
In April 2013, BSB together with COBIS, hosted the third International Teachers’
Conference. Staff members from other COBIS Schools from around the globe attended and
conducted workshops.
Curriculum
Primary Department
The Phase Coordinator system was abolished during the 2013 to 2014 year. The Primary
Curriculum is based on the National Curriculum for England. From September 2014 a new
National Curriculum is in place in all State Maintained Schools in England. This is not compulsory
in Independent Schools or Academies. Schools in England are finding it difficult to fully implement
the new curriculum as staff training and new resources are only just becoming available. We have
decided therefore to continue with our old curriculum until the new one is fully embedded and we
can learn from how English schools have adapted to it. We need to bear in mind though that
resources to support the old curriculum will not be available to buy for much longer and we will
need to consider the options in the near future.
One big change that has already taken place is that we have moved to the Cambridge Global
English scheme. This scheme links well to the ENC but is adapted so that there is a greater
emphasis on spoken language and vocabulary acquisition in the younger year groups. This is
especially relevant for us as the majority of our children are not 1 st language English speakers and
have struggled with the more formal Nelson scheme.
We also moved to the Cambridge English Assessments at KS2 in the summer term. These are
widely used and well thought of around the world. They should improve the accuracy of our end of
year and end of KS2 assessments in reading and writing.
Class teachers still have the responsibility of teaching the core subjects of English, Maths and
Science.
Specialist teachers have responsibility for ICT, PE, art and music.
To ensure music lessons follow the ENC more closely, the school has bought the Music Express
scheme which runs right through the primary age range.
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Secondary Department
All pupils in the Secondary School are prepared for public, external examinations set and marked
by Cambridge International Examinations, the world's leading provider of British-system
international examinations.
Pupils in Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to 9, ages 11 to 14) are prepared for 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 (Years 10 and 11, ages 14 to 16) pupils prepare to take up to seven subjects in the
Cambridge IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) 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
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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
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
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Primary
9
Secondary
25
Number of pupils with learning difficulties or disabilities
Number of pupils receiving specialist learning support from the school
30
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Maintenance and Facilities
Several projects to make the facilities at BSB better were undertaken during the 2012/2013
Academic Year. These included :
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Most classrooms were painted
A Computer Network and Office Management System were updated
New Macbooks for teachers were installed
An extra books for the Secondary Library were ordered
Website
The website of the school was updated and local community got access to Azerbaijan version of
the website.
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
All these policies are now also available on the school’s website.
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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 :
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BSB donated money to the Autism Center. The project was in conjunction with HOMS.
Money was also donated to the Homeless and orphanages.
Special Christmas and Novruz Collections of the clothing and toiletries for the orphanage
were also done.
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 :
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Basketball
Soccer
Volleyball
Art
Drama
Chess
Journalism
Choir
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Science
MUN
Cooking
Athletics
Circuit training
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.
Two year ten students, Gokce Gokturk and Aisyah Prayano, were finalists in the US organised
‘Genius Olympiad’. They both wrote creative essays of a very high standard on the theme of
environmentalism, competing with entries from many parts of the world.
Gokce and Aisyah attended the finals this month held at Syracuse University, USA. We have been
informed that Aisyah has been awarded second prize.
BSB arranged scholarship competition among the public school students. The winner of the
competition was accepted to BSB with100% scholarship.
BSB together with K-foundation continued the project of summer school for the International Bank
of Azerbaijan community for the 2nd year.Two winners got 100% scholarship to study in BSB.
Several local trips were 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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