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Message from Mr Hall |
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I am delighted to report that our recent Ofsted Inspection
went very well!
We know that, as a school, we can always improve, but it
is equally important to have our efforts recognised.
Overall the school was graded as a ‘satisfactory school
with some good features.’ Results, it said, were ‘around
the national average’. The team went on to say that
they recognised it as an ‘improving school’ and
that the capacity to improve is ‘good’.
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We think that this is a fair report—confirming
the hard work that has gone in to the improvements
over the last few years and giving us encouragement
for the future.
Parents will shortly receive a copy of the report,
which will also be available on the Ofsted web-site
- for further details, click
here. Ofsted also write a letter to all students,
which we shall be distributing shortly.
Mr K Hall
Headteacher
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| Open Evening |
As you are probably aware, this takes place on Wednesday
10th October.
In previous years the school has been closed for the
day - on this occasion normal lessons will take place
until 12.30pm, when pupils will be dismissed.
Although we did notify parents of the day, we had not
made it clear what our specific arrangements were. My
apologies for this. Pupils had, however, been informed
of the arrangements.
Please note the early closure on 13th November, and
also the Target
Setting Day on 22nd November, followed by a school
closure on 23rd November.
I explained about training days and early closures in
my previous newsletter - I
know that sometimes they do cause inconvenience to parents.
However, it is probably worth pointing out that, since
the new School Day was introduced in September, the
length of the teaching week has increased by 50 minutes.
So, even allowing for the occasional early closure,
there has been no overall decrease in the teaching time
our students receive. |
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