Congratulations to all at The Bay Primary School for their latest Ofsted inspection, the report of which reveals they are considered only just short of being an Outstanding school.
The Oftsed inspector awarded the school a ‘Good’ rating, but at the end of the visit informed the school it “was really well placed and only needed to tweak things to become an outstanding school”.
Duncan Mills, Headteacher, said
“I am absolutely delighted by the result. The report recognises the hard work of staff, pupils, Governors and parents and celebrates The Bay as a good school, well poised to make the next step. I am in no doubt that with the continued commitment and support of everyone involved, we will soon become an ‘outstanding’ school.”
Highlights of the report
Some of the highlights from the report include
- In the last year, there has been a rapid rise in pupils’ attainment in reading, writing and mathematics. It is now average.
- All groups of pupils make good progress because teaching is good, especially those eligible for additional government funding and those who have special educational needs.
- Strong guidance for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development underpins pupils’ good behaviour.
- Relationships are positive. Pupils and teachers get on exceptionally well together.
- Pupils report they feel safe at school. Pupils thoroughly enjoy coming to school so attendance has risen sharply and is now above average.
- The experienced headteacher is highly effective and very well supported by a strong leadership team and efficient governors.
- An uncompromising and determined effort to raise the quality of teaching has successfully arrested a legacy of underachievement.
- Provision for bringing the whole-school community into one new building is making a considerable contribution to good teaching and learning. The whole-school community are wholly committed to becoming an outstanding school.
- Pupils’ learning and development benefits significantly from strong and supportive partnerships with parents and carers, the local community and other local schools.
It is not yet an outstanding school because
- Coaching methods are not used well enough to ensure that all teachers develop the skills to improve their teaching so that all pupils make the progress of which they are capable.
- In a few classes, a small minority of pupils are not fully engaged in learning because tasks are either too easy or too hard.
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