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A Bolton school which has an "ambitious curriculum" has retained its positive education watchdog rating. Clarendon Primary School in Great Lever is still ranked "good" by Ofsted. At its last full inspection in 2016, the Recreation Street school was awarded the rating by the education watchdog.
Lead inspector Ruth Moran inspected the school on March 4 and 5 this year and found that it "has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection". Her report said: "Pupils are rightly proud to attend this embracing, multi-cultural school. "They truly embody the Clarendon motto of ‘Together, we shine’.
"Friendship, happiness and a love of learning permeate the school. "From the beginning of the early years, pupils benefit from warm and supportive relationships with staff. "The school sets high expectations for pupils to succeed academically.
"Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), typically achieve well across a broad range of subjects. "Pupils’ behaviour throughout the school is exemplary. "The school’s values underpin the way that pupils treat each other, with care and kindness.
"They are keen and inquisitive learners who show creativity and resilience." It added: "Since the school was last inspected, it has strengthened its wider curriculum thinking. It has carefully organised the curriculum from the nursery year through to the end of Key Stage 2.
"At the same time, the school has carefully considered staff’s workload and well-being, for example by ensuring that staff have sufficient time to carry out additional responsibilities. "The current curriculum is ambitious and relevant to pupils, including those with SEND. "The school has placed reading and developing pupils’ vocabulary at the heart of its curriculum.
"Throughout the early years, staff immerse children in language and stories. "The school provides prompt help for any pupils with gaps in their reading knowledge. This helps most pupils to become fluent and confident readers in readiness for Key Stage 2.
" Read more: Top-performing Bolton school praised its 'exceptional standards' Read more: Playgroup staff praised as 'amazing and always supportive' in inspection Read more: Nursery with 'nurturing' staff who are 'positive role models' for children praised Headteacher Vicky Chatterji said: "Everyone at school is really happy with the result, I think it reflects the provision we provide for our children. "They mentioned we are a multicultural school, and that is something we are really proud of. "There is a huge focus on SEN and that is something we pride ourselves on, inclusivity and our offer for SEND children.
"We were really pleased with the outcome of the report. We feel the inspector understood our school really well. "The staff were all really pleased with the strong feedback and the inspector's approach and understanding of our context.
"Although inspection can be a difficult couple of days, it was done with us and not to us. "All of them felt very involved and equally very proud, it gave them an opportunity to shine and show how wonderful they are. "We have a fantastic staff here, all credit to them.
" She added: "As a school we are really pleased with the report and Ofsted’s findings. They recognised all that we do to ensure that the children flourish at school. "I am proud that Ofsted recognised our personal development offer.
"Ofsted commented on behaviour being exemplary and that our Clarendon values underpin the way that the children treat each other with care and kindness.".
