STAFF and pupils at a York primary school are celebrating after they passed a spot inspection with flying colours.
Derwent Infant and Junior School Federation was graded “satisfactory” by Ofsted in May last year. Earlier this month an inspector made a visit with just two hours notice to see if improvements had been made and reported “good” progress.
Head teacher Carole Torode said: “Everyone has worked extremely hard since the last Ofsted inspection in May 2010 and we are very proud to have made good progress.”
Inspector John Rutherford said: “Standards of attainment in writing have risen significantly since the previous inspection. In July 2009, a quarter of the pupils reached the expected level by the time they left school. By July 2011 this figure increased to almost three quarters. As a result, standards of attainment in English overall have improved over the same period, from two-fifths of pupils reaching the expected level to four-fifths. Senior leaders set challenging targets for pupils’ outcomes at the end of Key Stage 2 and frequently check with teachers that every class is contributing sufficiently to achieving these targets. Pupils’ progress towards their individual targets is closely monitored and additional support is quickly provided if they are beginning to fall behind.”
Mr Rutherford said the teaching of writing at the school had also improved significantly, and pupils were given interesting things to write about, linked to exciting first-hand experiences.
He said: “During the monitoring visit, for example, older pupils designed leaflets and scripted television programmes following their visit to a marine centre. They were highly motivated to talk and write about what they had seen and they quickly produced accurate work in the appropriate style.
“Younger pupils were visited by Guy Fawkes and this inspired them to write independently some fascinating facts on fireworks for a wall display.”
Source:
yorkpress.co.uk
Derwent Infant and Junior School Federation was graded “satisfactory” by Ofsted in May last year. Earlier this month an inspector made a visit with just two hours notice to see if improvements had been made and reported “good” progress.
Head teacher Carole Torode said: “Everyone has worked extremely hard since the last Ofsted inspection in May 2010 and we are very proud to have made good progress.”
Inspector John Rutherford said: “Standards of attainment in writing have risen significantly since the previous inspection. In July 2009, a quarter of the pupils reached the expected level by the time they left school. By July 2011 this figure increased to almost three quarters. As a result, standards of attainment in English overall have improved over the same period, from two-fifths of pupils reaching the expected level to four-fifths. Senior leaders set challenging targets for pupils’ outcomes at the end of Key Stage 2 and frequently check with teachers that every class is contributing sufficiently to achieving these targets. Pupils’ progress towards their individual targets is closely monitored and additional support is quickly provided if they are beginning to fall behind.”
Mr Rutherford said the teaching of writing at the school had also improved significantly, and pupils were given interesting things to write about, linked to exciting first-hand experiences.
He said: “During the monitoring visit, for example, older pupils designed leaflets and scripted television programmes following their visit to a marine centre. They were highly motivated to talk and write about what they had seen and they quickly produced accurate work in the appropriate style.
“Younger pupils were visited by Guy Fawkes and this inspired them to write independently some fascinating facts on fireworks for a wall display.”
Source:
yorkpress.co.uk
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