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Our Achievements School Inspection Report The school was inspected by OFSTED for the third time in February 2007. The inspection was very positive and inspectors agreed with the school's own self-evaluation that it is a good and improving school with outstanding features. The report headlines are:
- Overall, attainment is well above average and pupils achieve well.
- Standards have risen over the past three years as a result of good leadership and teaching and the good support and guidance that pupils receive.
- Almost all of the parents are pleased with the education that their children are enjoying.
- The school gives good value for money.
- Teaching is generally good and sometimes excellent.....and enables pupils to make good progress.
- The ways the school motivates boys to learn is outstanding.
- Pupils' personal development is good..........they behave well, sometimes excellently, because teachers manage their classes well.
- Relationships are excellent because pupil's moral and social development is outstanding.
- Pupils develop a good understanding of how to lead a healthy life through excellent opportunities for physical education and for healthy eating.
- Pupils' good progress in basic skills provides a strong foundation for their future well-being.
- The curriculum is excellent, as is provision for pupil's spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Pupils ICT skills have improved greatly since the last inspection and the provision for teaching and learning ICT is excellent. There is an outstanding range of exciting enrichment activities, including residential visits and visitors to the school.
- Pupils love coming to school and attendance is above average because it is a friendly and enjoyable place where they can be successful in their learning.
- Leadership and management are good and some aspects of leadership are outstanding.
To improve further the school needs to ensure that the effective systems for sharing targets, tracking pupils' progress and challenging them to succeed is rigorously applied across the school. Copies of the report are available upon request from the school office. Basic Skills Quality Mark The school has been awarded the Basic Skills Quality Mark for Primary Schools as an acknowledgement of our commitment to improving children’s basic skills of Literacy and Numeracy. The ten elements and requirements of the Quality Mark are as follows: 1. A whole school strategy, including an Action Plan, to improve performance in basic skills
2. An assessment of pupil performance in basic skills in the school
3. Targets for the improvement of the school’s performance in basic skills 4. Basic skills improvement plans for pupils under-attaining in the school
5. Regular review of the progress made by each pupil under-attaining in basic skills
6. A commitment to improving the skills of staff in the school to teach and extend basic skills
7. The use of a range of teaching styles to improve basic skills
8. The use of appropriate teaching and learning material to improve basic skills
9. The involvement of parents in developing their children’s basic skills
10. An effective procedure for monitoring the Action Plan and assessing improvement in performance in basic skills Investors in People We were awarded the Investors in People award for the second time in May 2005. As an Investor in People school our working practice:
- encourages everyone to recognise their contribution to achieving goals and targets;
- celebrates of success and individual achievement;
- has a commitment of all to their own and other people’s development;
- provides equitable opportunity for development all staff;
- provides mentoring and mutual support;
- emphasises sharing information and good practice;
- uses team approaches to problem solving and development; and
- recognises innovation and continuous improvement.
ICT Mark Following the assessment on March 2006 the school was accredited with the NAACEmark which is a nationally recognised standard for the use of ICT in school. We were one of the last schools to receive this award as in April the NAACEmark was replaced with Becta’s new ICT Mark. We made a successful submission to Becta and have been accredited with the new ICT Mark. The criteria for the ICT Mark is: 1. A whole school ICT strategic action plan covering a minimum of three years, with an effective means of monitoring and assessing progress 2. A clear and comprehensive ICT policy 3. A full scheme of work for ICT 4. A planned approach to the use of ICT within and across the curriculum to enhance learning and teaching 5. Assessment of pupil progress in ICT 6. Use of ICT tools to track pupil progress and provide performance data 7. Targets for improving performance and resources 8. A whole school staff development policy to improve learning and teaching with ICT 9. A strategy for developing communications between the school, homes and the community to promote interest and involvement in learning through ICT 10. A strategy for shared development with partners. Eco Schools Award We made a successful submission for the Bronze Eco Award in June 2006. in June. The Eco-Schools programme is a framework that enables the school to analyse its operations and become more sustainable. By following the programme, the we expect to become a more stimulating place in which to learn, whilst reducing the environmental impact of the whole school on the community. Pupil involvement is a key part of the Eco-Schools programme and having pupils engaged in the whole process, including monitoring, action planning and decision-making, leads to genuine ownership of the programme and an increase in their sense of responsibility for the school environment and local area. Football Association Charter Standard As football is part of the games curriculum and the after-school clubs, the school was awarded the Football Association Charter Standard in May 2005. The project is aimed at boys and girls under sixteen years old and will help children and parents find a club in their local area that meets FA standards. Health Promoting School A Working Party regularly meets to work on the Health Promoting Schools Project and to determine the target themes for the followimjgyear. The two targets for this and next year are promoting healthy eating and promoting a consistent approach to emotional and mental well-being. The school was accredited as a Health Promoting School in July 2004.
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