Primary school is rated totally good

The whole community involved in a Crowland primary school has been praised by Ofsted.

South View Community Primary School has been awarded Good across the board by inspectors.
“Pupils, staff, governors and parents and carers work as one to make this school such a lovely place to work and to learn,” says the report.
“Pupils behave well. They are polite and cheerful. Pupils like going to school and spending time with each other. They enjoy the extra-curricular activities on offer at South View, such as the cookery club and STEM club and all the sports competitions the school participates in.
“The school’s curriculum is ambitious. There is an exact order to what pupils need to know in all subjects,” it adds.
The school was rated Good in all five key areas of quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership and early years provision.
In its previous inspection the school had been rated a Requires Improvement.
The report says children begin to learn letter sounds as soon as they start in reception.
“Staff show pupils how to read with fluency and expression. They encourage pupils to sound out and blend letter sounds in their head,” the inspection noted.
The school has 413 pupils aged between four and 11.
The inspector said that pupils demonstrated being respectful both in lessons and on the school playground.
Respect is one of the school’s core values and the pupils have a ‘strong sense of fairness and what is right and wrong,’ the inspector noted.
“I am absolutely beaming with pride at our Ofsted report,” said head teacher Joanne Tomlins. “I really feel this is an accurate reflection of our school, and can also see that this report recognises the heard work and dedication of my staff and governors.
“We have a strong set of school values where children are at the heart of everything we do, and I am overjoyed that the inspectors not only recognised this through conversations with staff, but could also see this woven through every aspect of our school.”
“This very positive report is a testament to the hard work of leaders, governors, teachers and support staff who all work together,” said Paul Weston, chair of governors.