St Margaret’s School, part of The Children’s Trust is celebrating after Ofsted gave it top grades across the board in its recent inspection and judged it ‘outstanding’.
The school for children and young people with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and complex health needs was praised by the Government’s inspectorate for schools and learners for its “very high quality education and care” and the happy environment it provides to meet the pupils’ special educational needs.
St Margaret’s received ‘outstanding’ in all nine inspection categories, the highest grade possible.
To enable its pupils to achieve, St Margaret’s published its own Developmental Curriculum in 2006 which combines education with therapy, nursing and care support, which was also acknowledged by Ofsted. The inspecting body said in its report: “The curriculum, designed and developed by the school, is outstanding because it focuses primarily on the developmental needs of all learners, and the assessment of these.”
The integration of education with therapy, nursing and care support was cited as a particular strength of the school, as well as the way it fully involves parents and even grandparents in the progress of the pupils.
Jan Cunningham, Head Teacher at St Margaret’s School, said: “We’re delighted with the results of Ofsted’s inspection. Our pupils and staff work really hard to make sure everyone gets the most out of each and every school day so the ‘outstanding’ grades we achieved are a testament to everyone’s hard work. Well done everybody.”
To read the full Ofsted inspection report click here.
Information provided by The Children’s Trust. Telephone: 01737 365890 (Michelle Baillie) or 01737 365077 (Rob Wood). Email: pressoffice@thechildrenstrust.org.uk