Dear Parents / Carers
As we are sure you all already
know, Clockhouse Primary School was inspected by OFSTED on 14th and
15th June 2023, this was a graded 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 our last inspection in January
2020. 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 2020
inspection, we have worked tirelessly with your support and that of the
children, to further improve the school.
The inspectors were certainly
impressed with what they saw, telling us that the school is ‘highly ambitious
for the children…with an exceptional focus on school development’ amongst so
many other wonderful things. We are therefore beyond delighted and 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 your child attends an OUTSTANDING
school. They also verified our view that the school is outstanding in all five
areas on which we are judged – The Quality of Education, Behaviour and
Attitudes, Personal Development, Leadership and Management and Early Years
Provision! The attached report identifies the many strengths of our school but
the verbal feedback was even more fulsome and, in time, I will share this with
you – for now enjoy reading the report and know that you child is receiving an
outstanding education whist they are with us. Please click on the link here to read the full report - Ofsted Report June 2023
From Mrs Savidge - As you may
know, the journey of school improvement has been steep for our school and
during my 10 years of headship at Clockhouse we have moved the school from
being ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Outstanding’. This is no mean feat and has
taken incredible hard work and determination by every single member of staff, the
governors, parents and of course every child who has been with us on this
journey. To say I am proud is an understatement, but my drive has always been
to provide your child(ren) with the best possible education – the one that they
deserve and I am delighted that Ofsted recognised this!
We are sure you will be pleased
to hear, as we were, that the Inspectors were so very impressed with our children,
calling them ‘exceptionally well behaved and polite – they clearly love their
school’. 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 every day, 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 wonderful 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.
We told the children and the staff, click here to see it for yourself - The Grand Reveal
If you wish to discuss any
matters raised in the report with either of us, please contact us via the
school office. Despite the amazing outcome of the inspection, there is no time
for complacency as our drive to further develop the school continues. Here’s to
the next chapter in the life of Clockhouse as our journey to providing your
children with the best possible educational experience continues. We both look
forward to sharing this with you!
Yours sincerely
Mrs Jo Savidge Mr David Leaper
Headteacher Chair
of Governors
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