Setting

Inspection judgements

School Overall Key to judgements: grade 1 is outstanding, grade 2 good, grade 3 satisfactory, and grade 4 inadequate

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Overall effectiveness

How effective, efficient and inclusive is the provision of education, integrated care and any extended services in meeting the needs of learners? How well does the school work in partnership with others to promote learners' well-being? 2 The quality and standards in the Foundation Stage 2 The effectiveness of the school's self-evaluation 2 The capacity to make any necessary improvements Yes Effective steps have been taken to promote improvement since the last inspection

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Achievement and standards

2 How well do learners achieve? 2 The standards 1 reached by learners How well learners make progress, taking account of any significant variations between groups of learners 2 How well learners with learning difficulties and disabilities make progress

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learners?

1 The extent of learners' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development 1 The behaviour of learners 1 The attendance of learners 1 How well learners enjoy their education 1 The extent to which learners adopt safe practices 1 The extent to which learners adopt healthy lifestyles 1 The extent to which learners make a positive contribution to the community How well learners develop workplace and other skills that will contribute to their future economic well-being

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and interests of learners?

1 How well are learners cared for, guided and supported?

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and interests of learners?

Grade 1 - Exceptionally and consistently high; Grade 2 - Generally above average with none significantly below average; Grade 3 - Broadly average to below average; Grade 4 - Exceptionally low. 7 Inspection Report: Chesham Primary School, 22 °23 November 2006

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and supporting all learners?

How effectively leaders and managers at all levels set clear direction leading to improvement and promote high quality of care and education How effectively performance is monitored, evaluated and improved to meet challenging targets How well equality of opportunity is promoted and discrimination tackled so that all learners achieve as well as they can How effectively and efficiently resources, including staff, are deployed to achieve value for money The extent to which governors and other supervisory boards discharge their responsibilities Yes Do procedures for safeguarding learners meet current government requirements? No Does this school require special measures? No Does this school require a notice to improve? 8 Inspection Report: Chesham Primary School, 22 °23 November 2006

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Text from letter to pupils explaining the findings of the inspection

Thank you for making us so welcome when we came to visit your school. We really enjoyed talking to you and your comments helped us with our inspection. We, like you, think that your school is a good school. We were really impressed with how well you behave and how much you enjoy learning and being at school. You all get on well with each other and with the adults in school. Your teachers take really good care of you and go to a lot of trouble to make your lessons interesting so that you do well. Your headteacher is doing a really good job in making sure the school is successful and he is always looking for ways to improve it further. We think that your school could be even better. We have asked Mr Hudson and your teachers to make sure that those of you who are the quickest learners are always given enough work to do in lessons so that you always do as well as you can. We also think that your teachers could

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Text from letter to pupils explaining the findings of the inspection

check more carefully how well you are doing, so that they can keep an eye on how much you learn as you get older. We are sure you will continue to work hard, especially at improving your writing, and we ask that you help your teachers to make your school even better. 9 Inspection Report: Chesham Primary School, 22 °23 November 2006

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