Ofsted

The school recently had an Ofsted inspection and was judges overall as "Good" with many areas rated as "outstanding" - the full report can be found at http://ofstedgov.com/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/118570.

Here is the letter sent by the inspector:

7 March 2010

Dear Pupils

Inspection of South Stoke Primary School, Reading RG8 0JS

Thank you for being so welcoming and helpful when I visited your school recently. I enjoyed looking at your work, seeing you in lessons and talking to so many of you. I was pleased to hear that you like your school very much. Almost all your parents and carers are happy with the school too.

Yours is a good school, where staff and governors are working hard to make it even better. This means that there are lots of things that it does really well, but also that there are some things that could be even better.

I agree with the comments of your parents and carers when they say that you like school and that it is a welcoming, caring place where you feel safe. You get on well with each other and help the school to run smoothly.

I have asked your teachers to give you more opportunities to test your own ideas in science by designing your own experiments so that you can make even faster progress. I have also asked them to give you even more opportunities to use ICT to make your learning more challenging. Your teachers are also going to build even more links with contrasting communities within the United Kingdom so that you can have first-hand knowledge of what it means to live in a multiracial community.

Each of you can play your part in making this school even better by continuing to work hard to meet the targets teachers set you.

Yours sincerely

John Earish