Westbourne’s cutting-edge approach recognised by two national awards

Leading the way in innovation

Transforming outcomes for students

Being acknowledged by these awards highlights the remarkable journey we have been on over the past few years, leading to establishing a national, and indeed global, reputation for a leading-edge use of innovation and technology to improve the learning experience for all students.

An innovative use of technology, including AI-assisted learning and virtual reality, has transformed the way our pupils learn, giving them the tools to research deeper and think more broadly, whilst a pioneering global classroom links students and teachers across the globe, sharing resources, knowledge and best practice.

 

Highlights of our cutting-edge approach include:

• We were one of the first schools in Wales to adopt AI technology.
• EdTech is used to share resources, time and expertise between teachers and students across the entire world. 
• Google Classroom allows teachers to share all of their materials with students, giving feedback through direct annotation; Forms give automated feedback; and Century provides AI-assisted feedback to give students 3 ‘frequencies’ of assessment feedback.
• Our classrooms are equipped with primary and secondary displays, the secondary ones are equipped with thoughtfully positioned cameras to allow absent students to experience the classroom naturally.
• Robotics are used at each key stage to aid computational thinking: Sphero at KS1 and 2, Sphero Bolt at KS3 and Fable for KS4 and 5.

We are so proud to be recognised for innovation excellence at the highest level, alongside the country’s finest and longest established independent schoools. We wish all our fellow Finalists the very best of luck ahead of the winners’ announcement later this year.