Usually this week we would have held our Annual Open Evening for prospective parents, carers and students to offer a guided tour around the school, meet subject teachers and be welcomed by our student tour guides.

This year our Open Evening was held virtually, with a number of videos produced to give our future students an idea of what being a student at Great Baddow High School would be like. 

Our current students rose to the challenge and helped demonstrate superbly the school ethos to be 'Happy, Safe and Successful'. 

We would love to share our Virtual Tour with you, as well as the Welcome Film from our students and the Headteachers Open Evening Speech. We hope you enjoy watching them as much as we enjoyed filming them.

View our Virtual Tour

Our Ethos

We believe that our core purpose is to enable each student to achieve their academic potential so that they can progress to university, further education or training. We also place great value on providing a vast range of opportunities through which students experience success, develop transferable skills and learn to value team-work, creativity, commitment and resilience. We believe strongly in the benefits of extending learning beyond the classroom and support this through a wide range of trips, visits, workshops and other enrichment activities.

Our staff are well trained and our own professional development is important to us. We believe in sharing good practice and evaluating all aspects of our work in order to continue to develop and improve.  At Great Baddow High School our curriculum encapsulates our school motto ‘Always Striving for Higher Things’ enabling learners to progressively learn skills, develop qualities, understanding and knowledge to become confident, resilient, successful young adults.

Our carefully designed and broad curriculum offers balance, support and opportunity; students build on prior learning and strive to take next steps; broadening their minds, skills and developing personal qualities. The pathways we offer allow students to reach their full potential facilitating academic success in addition to developing rounded citizens who relish challenge and decision making.

We pride ourselves on the activities, trips and experiences that wrap around our curriculum and are a fundamental aspect of the educational experience our young learners have at GBHS.

We aim to inspire, excite and engage students in their learning and the world around them fostering a culture of achievement and aspiration for all.