Dear Parents/Carers
TIME TO CELEBRATE!
As we are sure you all already
know Clockhouse Primary School was inspected by OFSTED on 29th and
30th January 2020 under a Section 8 inspection. This Inspection did
not come as a surprise to us and we were certainly ready to share with the Inspectors
how far the school has come since the previous Good Inspection in May 2016.
This followed the disappointment of the OFSTED Inspection in February 2014 when
the school ‘Required Improvement’.
As you know, as a community, we
are passionate about giving our children the very best possible experience
whilst they are with us and to this end we were excited to share this with our
special visitors. Since the 2016 inspection, we have worked tirelessly with
your support and that of the children, to improve the school.
The inspectors were certainly
impressed with what they saw, telling us that the school has a ‘clear spirit
and vision which grabs hold of everyone as soon as they come into it’. We are therefore
absolutely delighted and very proud to be able to attach the report that has
now been published. As you will see the OFSTED Inspectors agreed with our judgement
that Clockhouse does remain a GOOD school but also, so impressed were the
inspectors, that they also agreed with us that we deserved an ‘Outcome 2’. This means that whilst the
school remains good currently, the inspectors saw sufficient evidence of
improved performance to suggest that the school might be judged OUTSTANDING if
it received a section 5 inspection at the time of our section 8 inspection. We
have therefore been informed that the next inspection will be a section 5
inspection so we can show Clockhouse at its very best and get the external
validation we deserve. This inspection will typically take place within one to
two years from now.
The attached report identifies
the many strengths of our school and also gives us useful information as to how
we can improve even further, this is nothing that we did not know. We are sure
you will be pleased to hear, as we were, that the Inspectors were very
impressed with the children, calling them an ‘absolute delight’. Please thank
them on our behalf. It would be remiss of us at this point, not to thank the
staff who work so hard for our children, we are sure you join us in this. Further
thanks must go to you all. As parents / carers, you continue to work with us
and support us and for that we thank you. Thank you to the many parents /
carers who took the time out of their busy days to speak to the Inspectors and
say such lovely things about Clockhouse, it was certainly very humbling to hear
and the Inspectors were truly overwhelmed with how supportive you all are as
were we. A further thank you must go to the parents / carers who took the time
to respond to the OFSTED questionnaire themselves or help their children
complete the children’s version.
If you wish to discuss any
matters raised in the report with either of us, please contact us via the
school office. Here’s to the next chapter in the life of Clockhouse as our
journey to providing your children with an Outstanding educational experience
continues. We both look forward to sharing this with you!
Yours sincerely
Mrs Jo Savidge Mr David Leaper
Headteacher Chair
of Governors
Please click on the link below to read the report. This will be coming home today as a paper copy.
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