Moortown Primary School, located in Shadwell Lane, Leeds, was rated Outstanding in all five inspected categories – the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and early years provision. It marks a second successive Outstanding rating for the school - having previously received top marks from Ofsted in 2011. The education watchdog said: “Moortown Primary School is a special place to learn. It is both academically ambitious and deeply caring....
Cleadon C of E Academy has been judged by Ofsted to be a good school but was deemed to be outstanding for children’s behaviour and attitudes and for pupils’ personal development. Inspectors described how pupils “enjoy attending this friendly school” and “achieve well in most subjects”. They also highlighted how school leaders are determined that children “thrive” and are well-prepared for the next stage of their education. Inspectors said: “Behaviour in lessons and outside the classroom is...
Barr's Hill secondary school has achieved top marks in its latest Ofsted report
Kippax Ash Tree Primary School, located in Gibson Lane, Kippax, was rated Good in all five inspected categories – the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and early years provision. It completed a ratings turnaround for the school, part of the Brigshaw Learning Partnership, after it was rated as Requires Improvement during a 2021 inspection. The education watchdog said: “Pupils in this school ‘stride with pride’. They are proud to learn...
A Sheffield nursery that two years ago was branded ‘inadequate’ by inspectors is back in Ofsted’s ‘good’ books. Teddies Nursery, in Kenwood Park Road, had been rated ‘good’ for nearly 15 years until a report in late 2022 stripped it of its record and handed it the lowest grade possible. In a scathing report, the Nether Edge daycare was told the education it offered was poor, its safeguarding measures were slack and that children’s safety was “compromised”. Now, 18 months later, in a new report...
Suspending children from school is something we rarely see from educators, especially at primary level. Teachers aim to keep kids in school, where they are safe, fed and learning. However, for a multitude of reasons, senior leadership can and do decide to temporarily suspend pupils from school. Suspensions and permanent exclusions data, published in a Gov.uk package in April 2024, includes figures revealing which Sheffield primary schools handed out the most suspensions in the 2021-22 academic...
These Sheffield schools and nurseries came top of the class last month after all of them were rated ‘good’ by Ofsted. Subscribe to The Star’s newsletter for all the latest news in Sheffield delivered straight to your inbox. New figures show how every Steel City classroom visited by the education watchdog in April was given a thumbs-up by inspectors, with all of them being upgraded or maintaining their ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ grade. None of them slipped down to ‘requires improvement’ or...
It is extremely rare for educators to decide that a pupil cannot return to their schools - it is the absolute last resort, when all other options have been exhausted. Children must be in education. It is a legal requirement and means if a child is subject to a permanent exclusion from one school then the local authority must arrange full-time education as soon as possible. They are so rare that in Sheffield only seven of the 153 primary schools within the local authority issued them in the...
The preschool spent three years in temporary accommodation following the fire
A Dunstable school given an inadequate rating by watchdog Ofsted begins a High Court challenge.
The school said they were disappointed, but working hard to ensure they have a positive rating next time
Some Soham parents said they moved there hoping to be able to send their children to their nearest school