Gateway to excellence…
Carterton Community Schools Federation (CCSF) is coming to the end of its first
year of existence. The governing body that looks after three schools in Carterton
has worked extremely hard this year and staff at all three institutions (Carterton
Primary School, Carterton Community College and Gateway Primary School)
have all commented on how reassuring it has been to have volunteer governors
with such a great knowledge of the educational agenda visit their school and
support and challenge the work that teachers and leaders are doing.
Carterton Primary School was in special measures cited as inadequate
last September. Through a continued drive for excellence and with the
appointment of a new and dynamic head of school, it is now a “good” school.
This transformation and jumping of two grades in terms of Ofsted has been
down to providing the school with a clear vision, providing the teachers with
clear guidance and providing the pupils with outstanding learning experiences.
Gateway Primary School was also in special measures last September but with
the support of the governing body and the leadership of their head teacher,
we are delighted that Gateway have also had such a positive outcome from
their most recent inspection and is now also a “good” school. Again, this
demonstrates the usefulness of CCSF as a collaborative body.
This is central to our philosophy at Carterton Community College. We provide
our students with continuous everyday excellent opportunities through well
qualified and highly committed teachers. Our Challenge Partners report
demonstrated how well we are performing as a college. This independent report
from external professionals led by a qualified Ofsted inspector was rigorous and
challenging but the outcome of “Outstanding” overall showed we are on the
right track.
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