Ofsted and Performance Data

 Ofsted

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills. This body reports directly to Parliament and they are independent and impartial. One of the duties of Ofsted is to inspect schools. Inspections are usually once every four years and schools are telephoned the day before an inspection takes place. Our last inspection was in November 2017.

There are two different types of Inspection: a Section 8 inspection is a 'health check' for good schools and determines whether the school continues to provide a good standard of education and that safeguarding is effective. A Section 5 inspection is where a school was judged as requires improvement at its last inspection.

An inspection lasts no longer than two days. To prepare before the visit, Inspectors look at the school's self-evaluation, consider the school's performance results and examine the previous inspection report

Once they are in the school, the inspectors meet with senior leaders, visit lessons, talk with teachers about their subject area of responsibility and speak to staff and children.

To access our 2023 inspection report, please click here

Performance Data

There are several national attainment measures that take place across the primary ages:

• At the end of the reception year, where children achieve a good level of development (GLD)
• At the end of Year 1, where children are tested on their phonics (early reading).
• At the end of Year 4, where children have a multiplication tables check.
• At the end of primary school, in Year 6, where children take standardised assessment tests, (SATs) in reading, maths and grammar, punctuation and spelling as well as a teacher assessment in writing.

School performance data for the 2022/23 academic year should be used with caution given the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected individual schools and pupils differently.

School performance data should also be considered alongside a range of other information about the school, which could include looking at school websites, reading Ofsted reports, and speaking to the school directly. Conclusions should not be drawn on a single piece of data alone.

To view our performance data for 2024 please click here

To view our performance data for 2023, please click here.