OFSTED July 2010
"Pupils enjoy coming to this outstanding school"
"In the Early Years Foundation Stage.... exemplary teaching and a rich, stimulating and varied curriculum mean that differing needs are well met"
"Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, including those in the specialist units, make outstanding progress because the teaching builds on their individual education plans which are exceptionally well matched to their learning needs."
"...pupils develop exemplary learning habits"
"Pupils behave exceptionally well and say they feel entirely safe at school because of the outstanding care, guidance and support that members of staff provide."
"Exemplary procedures for self-evaluation and for monitoring teaching and learning enable the school's high-quality leaders to know what needs to be done next to drive the school forward."
"Pupils are highly motivated to try hard in lessons and achieve well because teachers provide an extensive range of interesting and appropriate activities."
"Excellent relationships between staff and pupils have resulted in pupils' exemplary behaviour and readiness to learn."
"Pupils' social, moral, spiritual and cultural awareness is excellent."
"Pupils make an excellent contribution to the community......"
"An exceptionally broad range of additional activities, provided by the school and a variety of its partners, enriches the outstanding curriculum and underpins pupils' enjoyment of school."
"All members of staff care deeply about the pupils and are totally committed to their welfare."
"The leadership of the headteacher is outstanding."
"Leaders have an excellent relationship with parents."
"Children are exceptionally good at taking the inititative in their learning and they work together sensibly and happily."
"Pupils demonstrate high levels of creativity in their art, drama, dance and music."
"Highly detailed and accurate assessment information is extremely well used to adjust tasks for pupils of differing ability, so that all groups of pupils learn effectively."
Children are right when they say, "It's a fantastic school and we get so many treats every day.
"Some, including the more vulnerable, make outstanding progress."
"Pupils are deeply concerned for the welfare of their classmates and highly tolerant and supportive of those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities."
"Parents and carers are right when they say that the school is an exceptionally safe, welcoming place."
"Because so many pupils join mid-year, the school has developed exemplary assessment procedures that rapidly identify pupils' learning needs and monitor their progress at regular intervals."
"The school fulfils its mission statement of 'learning, caring and achieving together' extremely well."