I would like to update you on the work that we have undertaken since the Ofsted inspection in February. Whilst being disappointed with the overall judgement made during inspection, we were determined to rise to the challenge and harness the opportunity to make further improvements to ensure we offer a high standard of education to all children. Some of the main developments are listed below:
- We have reviewed our curriculum and planning to make it more responsive to the children’s interest and abilities, with a view to increasing progress and levels of motivation.
- Our assessment processes are now more robust, tightly linked to the statutory curriculum and allow us to track each child’s progress closely and provided intervention work should they make less than good progress.
- Our new marking policy is consistently applied across school and encourages the children to correct their own mistakes and identifies to them their next steps
- Governors have increased their involvement with monitoring school improvement and have areas of responsibility allocated to them for when they conduct supportive visits
- Staff are accessing regular local authority and external training, along with visits to other schools to extend their skills and knowledge
Data for this academic year is looking very strong.
- In Reception, the percentage of children achieving the Good Level of Development has increased from 49% in 2015 to 65.5%, an increase of 16%.
- In Year 1, 76% of children reached age related expectation in Reading, 72% in writing and 71% in Maths
- Overall phonic outcomes have improved from 76% to 78% (88% without SEN children)
- In Year 2, 84% of children reached age related expectation in Reading, 85% in writing and 89% in Maths
At this stage we do not know how these figures compare to National data but we are confident that they will be very strong and put us in a good position for our next visit from HMI in the autumn term.
I would like to thank staff for their tremendous hard work and resilience this past term, they are a very dedicated team and have the children’s very best interests at heart. The children have worked very hard as well and their achievements are a credit to you. School governors have been an invaluable source of support to both myself and staff and have helped “rally the troops” along the way. Finally I would like to thank you as parents for your words of support and encouragement; they have been much appreciated by staff.
If any parent has any questions or comments about the information above, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
