Swallowfield Annual Book Fair

The Swallowfield Book Fair is back!

We are pleased to be hosting the book fair again this year. Not only will we be selling a fantastic selection of books for all ages, your support raises money to purchase new books for the whole school.

The book fair will take place on Friday 18th November, Monday 21st November and Tuesday 22nd November at 3.30pm in Miss Papworth’s Foundation classroom.

We look forward to seeing you.

Living Countryside Youth Award

Swallowfield is proud to have been awarded the CPRE Mark from the Campaign to Protect Rural England in recognition of the development of our outdoor areas. The award recognises efforts in enhancing the local environment and encouraging the enjoyment of the natural world now and for the future.

Shortlisted Entries

Press release in Bedfordshire News

OFSTED report

Dear Parents and Carers,

OFSTED review 

Swallowfield Lower School Ofsted report

Please find attached a report outlining the outcomes of the OFSTED review that took place on 13^th September.

We are pleased to report that Swallowfield and Busy Bees have retained a ‘Good’ OFSTED classification.

Under the new and more stringent OFSTED assessment framework this is a very positive outcome for the school. As you’ll see in the Inspectors report there are some extremely pleasing comments, not least on the quality of the teaching, children’s progress, the relationship between teachers and the children, and importantly how happy and safe the children feel at Swallowfield and Busy Bees. These are the priority areas that we strive to excel in, and we are immensely proud that the OFSTED Inspector picked these up as areas worth celebrating.

The governing body and senior management team have already started to put in place action plans to address some of the identified areas for improvement. The 2016/17 school development plan, which was only in draft given the timing of the inspection is nearly ready for approval, and a short term policy review sub group has been set up to ensure all of our policies are current and reflect the recently released best practice guidelines.

We’d like to thank those of you that completed the OFSTED Parentview survey in the run up to the inspection. We do use the information from Parentview to help identify priorities for ongoing improvement so please do continue to use this so we can keep a track of how we’re doing from your perspective.

If you have any questions or concerns relating to the visit, or comments in the Inspectors letter please do not hesitate to contact either of us via the school.

 

Mr Ben Coles

Chair of Governors