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Radstock primary school’s outstanding Ofsted verdict confirms education in the town is on the up
Radstock’s education has a spring in its step, says the town’s MP, following a judgement by school watchdog Ofsted that Trinity Primary School is ‘outstanding’ (3 November 2009).
Staff and children at the school, which opened in 2005 following its new £3.5 million construction – paid for entirely by Government money – will be celebrating the inspection outcome today, Tuesday 3 November.
Headteacher Pepe Rahman-Hart contacted North East Somerset’s MP Dan Norris to let him know of the school’s success.
Mr Norris said: “Very many congratulations to Pepe, her hard-working team of staff and governors, and to the whole school community. Parents and, above all, the children should be very proud of what they are achieving.
“Just over a decade ago education in Radstock was in the doldrums because cash-strapped schools were being starved of resources. Now, with this ‘oustanding’ Ofsted report, and with the brand new Writhlington secondary School opening soon thanks to the Government’s £26 million investment, Radstock education has a spring in its step.
“It is to be hoped that, whilst Conservative B&NES councillors attend the school to showboat in front of the cameras following this inspection result, they do some hard thinking and reflecting. Every penny of this school rebuilding came from the Labour Government. And all the extra investment that Trinity and other schools are now able to use to improve education has come because the Labour Government has put money into schools to improve every child’s life chances. Every step of the way, the Tories have opposed this investment, and if they got their hands on power again we all know that new schools like the outstanding Trinity Primary would never see the light of day.” |