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The Link Magazine • December 2005 19
Taw Hill school good already
Only a year after opening, and having transferred from mobiles to a
permanent building last January, St Francis Church of England
Primary School, Taw Hill has been rated as a good school by Ofsted.
The inspectors put this down to provements more accessible and a
• the way the headteacher and stronger role by governors in hold-
deputy have led the arrangements ing the school to account.
for setting up the new school, en- Headteacher Clive Westall said
suring children, teachers and staff he was delighted with the positive
settle in; impression made on the inspec-
• the progress children have made tors. "It has been an eventful year.
since the school opened; Everybody has worked very hard
• childrens' good behaviour and to set up the school, both in the
the ways they help each other; temporary classrooms and when
• good teaching and interesting we moved into the permanent
lessons. buildings. I'd like to thank all the
The inspectors say there are no staff and also our children, as well
significant weaknesses, but would the parents who have been very
like to see more sharing of good supportive."
practice by leading teachers, mak- Currently the 240 place school
ing information on school im- has 172 children. NumberSense
In November, new hangings were unveiled depicting the "I am" sayings of Jesus,
made by children working with artists from No Added Sugar. Headteacher Clive
Westall with, from left, Tyrel Jarvis, Jessica Neate, Dhruv Chaturvedi, Vicky Maths and English Learning Centre for 6-16 years olds
Egerton, under the hangings port railing 'I am the life, I am the living water and I
am the li,,ht.' The work was dedicated at an assemblii held in the school corridor
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Room for improvement at Ridgeway
An Ofsted inspection of Ridgeway School has judged that children
are receiving a satisfactory education.
The findings of a 1999 inspec- teachers and other staff. They
tion rated the school as good, but would like to see pupils have more
inspection regimes have since been say in how the school can be im-
made much tougher. proved. They were impressed by
In a letter to pupils, the inspec- the range of outside school activi-
tors say they enjoyed observing ties in sport, drama, music and the
classes and talking to pupils. They Duke of Edinburgh's award.
explain that, although the school The report also notes that the
has many strengths, there is room behaviour of most learners in and
for improvement. out of lessons is satisfactory and
Whilstexaminationandnational that their development of moral
test results are good, the inspec- values is satisfactory and is begin-
tors believe the school can do even ning to improve. Attendance is
better and acknowledge that the around the national average and
joint acting headteachers are mak- the school provides satisfactory
ing improvements, value for money.
Teachers do well in the class-
room, but they could help pupils Also downgraded
make more progress by improv- St Joseph's Roman Catholic
ing the way work is marked and School, rated as good in 2000, has
how homework is used. The in- also been judged as overall satis-
spectors also recommend that factory because the Sixth Form
teachers set clearer targets so that was graded at this level.
pupils know how to improve the School governors have asked
quality of work. Ofsted to make separate judge-
The inspectors say that children ments for the Sixth Form and Years
are well looked after in school and 7 to 11.
there are good relationships with www.ofsted.gov.uk