Telford school celebrates record Ofsted report

Millbrook Primary School in Leegomery was graded "good" for the first time in 20 years.

Since the last inspection in 2012 there have been many staff changes, inspectors found.

And headteacher Martyn Lightwood created "a united team of staff and governors who share the ambition for school improvement," the report said.

Mr Lightwood welcomed the "good" grading. He said: "This is a remarkable achievement for the school and a true reflection of the hard work and dedication shown by all members of staff and pupils.

"This is the first time for over 20 years that the school, previously Leegomery Juniors and Leegomery Infants has received a 'good' grading."

Ofsted inspectors found most pupils were making good progress in reading, writing and mathematics.

And the children at the Grainger Drive were found to be "very caring of eachother" and "well looked after by staff".

"Pupils' good behaviour helps them learn effectively. They take pride in their work and are keen to show what they have learned," the report read.

And the transformation of the school's ethos since the last inspection was praised by inspectors, who said: "The headteacher and senior leadership team have created a climate where staff are expected to continually improve teaching.

"High priority is given to supporting and training staff in order to improve the quality of teaching and raising pupils' achievement. This has been very successful.

"Governors are skilled, knowledgeable and know the school extremely well.

"They provide high levels of support and challenge, ensuring that teaching and achievement continue to improve rapidly."

The quality of teaching in phonics - the sounds letters represent in words - and literacy is consistently good leading to much improved standards and progress of all pupils, said the report.

And the school's English as an additional language provision offers effective support to the pupils and their families, which gives a positive start to children's experiences in school it found.

But inspectors found Millbrook was not yet an outstanding school because "while much of the teaching is good, not enough is outstanding to drive pupils' progress rapidly.

The report read: "The most able pupils do not always have hard enough work to make sure they make as much progress as possible."

And the report found marking in subjects other than literacy and numeracy was not at the same standard and did not consistently offer pupils' sufficient guidance on how to improve their work in the same way.

It found the role of the new subject leaders was not yet developed to ensure lessons and extra support helps all groups to make rapid progress.