Here are the adjectives Ofsted used in July 2025 to describe our school!
Expectations for achievement and behaviour are now high.
Behaviour is positive across calm classrooms and joyful playtimes.
Pupils are happy, safe and flourishing in this deeply caring school.
Pastoral care is a strength. Pupils enjoy calmness and collaboration when they take turns playing pool in the ‘Lunchtime Lounge’.
A variety of pupil leadership roles encourage active citizenship.
Pupils learn to celebrate diversity and promote equity.
A rich range of trips and extra-curricular activities enrich school life and help to promote pupils’ talents and interests.
Residential trips in each year group are character building.
Pupils proudly live out the school values of independence, curiosity, resilience, respect and aspiration.
Highly effective help is now in place, so that pupils with SEND are thriving and achieving.
Teachers skilfully adapt learning and deploy resources to support pupils to learn well.
Pupils in the specially resourced provisions flourish with caring, targeted and expert help.
High-quality teaching of phonics and reading ensures that pupils learn to read with fluency, confidence and expression.
In mathematics, pupils learn to apply concepts to solve problems, and their calculation skills are strong.
Pupils’ conduct around the school is respectful and kind. Relationships between pupils and staff are supportive and warm.
Opportunities for voting in school help pupils to learn about democracy.
A range of music and sport opportunities brings out the best in everyone.
The school is led with compassion and determination.
Parents and carers speak highly of the school’s ethos. One parent commented, representing the views of many, ‘This school makes sure that children are individuals. No one is a number’.
This highly inclusive school is now going from strength to strength.
We will be holding morning tours for prospective parents on Monnday 28th September and Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd October 7th October (9am – 12pm).
