The School is registered with the Dept. for Children Schools & Families. Her Majesty’s Inspectors’ of Schools have always judged us as providing excellent education and care for all our pupils. Our latest Ofsted Inspection was in March 2010 and we were judged to be Outstanding in every respect – see the key points below.
| “The school, including the Early Years Foundation Stage, provides an outstanding quality of education which meets the needs of all pupils and children very well.” |
| “The quality of the curriculum is outstanding. The high-quality support pupils receive means that they make outstanding progress in their personal development.” |
| “The quality of education is outstanding. The curriculum and activities offered by the school are outstanding. They are directly relevant to the needs of pupils and enable them to make outstanding progress, particularly in literacy and numeracy.” |
| “The quality of education for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage is outstanding. As a result of high quality teaching, children make excellent progress. Teaching and assessment are outstanding.” |
| “Provision for pupils’ personal development is outstanding in the Nursery and the School. Children and pupils enjoy learning very much and they take pride in their work.” |
| “Behaviour is consistently outstanding and pupils are courteous, articulate, open and friendly. The development of pupils’ social and moral skills is very strong.” |
| “The school has outstanding procedures for ensuring pupils’ welfare, health and safety and for safeguarding pupils with very well-documented recruiting procedures that fully meet current requirements.” |
| “In the Early Years Foundation Stage, children are very well cared for and, as a result, are very happy in school. Older pupils are also very well cared for and parents are highly appreciative of this aspect of the school’s provision.” |
| “The overall effectiveness and the outcomes for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage are outstanding. Children under three make excellent progress. The provision is outstanding. The learning environment is stimulating both indoors and outside for children under three and the older children in the Nursery and the School. There is an excellent balance between adult-led and child-initiated activities.” |
A full copy of the 2010 inspection report is available at the school or on the Ofsted website www.ofsted.gov.uk (Independent Schools Inspection reports).
