Pupils, staff, and governors from Tiger Primary School in Loose, Maidstone are celebrating after being graded ‘Good’ in its recent Ofsted report.
Tiger Primary School was judged to be a ‘good school’ after an inspection on 19th & 20th September 2023. The inspectors recognised the school has significantly improved since its last inspection in 2019, where the school was previously deemed as ‘requires improvement’.
The report commented that since the last inspection, leaders have made improvements to the curriculum (including a new behaviour curriculum) at the school, and that pupils now receive a good quality of education.
The inspectors were particularly impressed by the schools’ effective safeguarding culture, its work on prioritising reading, and by the pupils’ calm and attentive behaviour generally in lessons. The report also recognised the school for its effective curriculum, and having high expectations for all pupils.
Mr Dan Siggs, Headteacher, who only joined the school in May 2023 said: “We’re delighted with our latest Ofsted report, and we are really pleased that the inspectors recognised the hard work and progress that we have made as a school community.”
Here are some key quotes from the report:
A happy and increasingly successful school.
Pupils feel safe. Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
There are warm and positive relationships evident between staff and pupils.
The school has high expectations for pupils’ achievement.
Pupils are attentive, and lessons are calm.
Pupils strive to embody the school values.
Pupils are proud.
The school has designed an effective curriculum.
The school has high ambitions for all pupils.
Pupils are making good progress.
“I would like to thank all the pupils, parents/carers, staff, and governors for their continued support and dedication to the school.”
“As acknowledged in the report, we have developed an ambitious culture at Tiger and we will continue to strive for high standards and performance for all our pupils, and we will learn from the recommendations of the report.”
Mrs Linney-Drouet, Future Schools Trust CEO, said: “Having Tiger Primary graded as “good” underpins the core values and ethos of our trust. All our schools have now been graded “good” by Ofsted, showing our Trust’s impact on the quality of education provided by our schools.”
“Mr Siggs only joined the trust in May so on behalf of the trustees; I’d like to thank him and his team for their hard work and dedication over the last few months. This is a much-deserved outcome which pupils, parents/carers and staff are very proud of.”
The full Ofsted report can be read at https://www.tigerprimary.com/Ofsted/
To find out more about Tiger Primary School, visit www.tigerprimary.com