Hunnyhill Primary School received the rating of ‘Good’ after their latest inspection by Ofsted, just published.
There’s strong praise in the report (embedded below) for the Newport school, reflected in them gaining an award only one grade away from the highest ‘Outstanding’ rating.
Ofsted have awarded the school ‘Good’ in all areas – Achievement of pupils; Quality of teaching; Behaviour and safety of pupils; Leadership and management.
Words from the Head
Lynda Evans, Head of Hunnyhill Primary, said,
“It is with great joy that we are able to share the fantastic news that, as a result of the Ofsted Inspection on 23rd and 24th April, Hunnyhill has officially achieved the overall effectiveness grade of GOOD.
“We would like to thank all of our staff, governors, parents and the Hunnyhill community. The biggest thank you and well–done to our pupils who were an absolute credit to both the school and their families.
“Hunnyhill is a growing school and although we have some outstanding elements recognised in our report our goal remains to be a truly outstanding school. We are excited about the next steps in this journey which we look forward to making together.”
Key findings
The summary of key findings for parents and pupils were:
- The strong commitment of staff to helping pupils learn has created a very positive ethos where pupils work hard and do well. Achievement is good; attainment is rising and is well placed to rise further.
- Teaching is uniformly good and pupils benefit from activities that are extremely well designed to move them on from the level at which they are working.
- The teaching of the sounds letters make in words (phonics) is a strength and a model of good practice, resulting in Hunnyhill sharing its expertise with student teachers.
- Based on a strong culture of safety, pupils enjoy school, get on very well together and behave well. They and their parents are adamant that no bullying takes place.
- The headteacher is a very strong leader and excellent team builder so that staff work very well together in monitoring and development work.
- The governing body plays a key role in helping staff to deliver good quality education. They not only challenge the school to do well, but support staff effectively to achieve their goals.
- Self-evaluation is accurate and development planning is well targeted at areas that still need improving. The school is well aware of where it can improve the quality of education further and staff and governors are working determinedly to address this.
Contact details
Forest Road
Parkhurst
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 5SH
Telephone number: (01983) 522 506
Hunnyhill Primary School Website
The full report
