OfSTED Report
"Ratton is a Good School"
Ratton School was inspected by
OfSTED in March 2007. The Inspectors described Ratton as a, “good school, providing a good quality of education”.
We are very pleased with the report, it highlights many of our strengths and the areas for development are already in our improvement plan.
The report acknowledged recent improvements. “Achievement and standards have both continued to improve since 2003… Opportunities for students are now much improved, to the point where progress and achievement are now good.”
Our success as a Performing Arts school was recognised. “The specialist status for the performing arts and the international schools status ... have a good impact on the work of the school, particularly in assisting students to make good contributions to their own and other communities”.
Care and guidance is a particular strength of the school and this was recognised in the report. Students say, “They feel safe and know that there is always someone to talk to” and “Most students behave and attend well and are punctual”.
We were compliment on how well we prepared our students for the future. “There are very good opportunities for students to develop their basic skills and engage in collaborative activities, which will stand them in good stead for the future.””
The quality of teaching and learning was judged to be good as was our provision for gifted and talented students, “Gifted and talented students are identified early. Teachers provide them with relevant and challenging work.”
Our students were very complimentary about after school activities. “A full programme of after-school activities takes place, offering sport and arts as well as extra preparation for examinations and activities for the gifted and talented. A large proportion of students take part in this and many told inspectors how much they value the efforts of staff that provide this”.
The inspectors commented that, “Good leadership and management have ensured that the school has been successful in improving achievement and standards”.
RSS Feeds
Revitalised OPHMS
We are delighted to now be able to provide our parents / carers access to the Online Personal Health Management System (OPHMS).
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