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Miss L Goreham Headteacher St Peter’s C of E Primary School Windmill Street Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4UU

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pupils’ future economic well-being in primary schools

Thank you for your hospitality and co-operation, and that of your staff and students, during my visit on 05 June 2008 to look at work in developing pupils’ future economic well-being. The visit provided valuable information which will contribute to our national evaluation and reporting. Published reports are likely to list the names of the contributing institutions, but individual institutions will not be identified in the main text without their consent.

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pupils’ future economic well-being in primary schools

The evidence used to inform the judgements made included: visits to lessons, discussions with students and staff, review of documentation and students’ work.

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Features of good practice observed:

 by the end of Year 6, pupils show good ability in applying literacy, numerical and ICT skills to new tasks and challenges, including business-related contexts  pupils are making good progress towards becoming independent learners  good opportunities are provided for pupils, including very young children, to take responsibility within the school, develop collaborative skills and engage in teamwork  good contributions from various subjects help pupils to develop their knowledge and understanding of important global and environmental issues  involvement in raising funds for charity help pupils develop their creative, enterprise and problem-solving skills  links with local employers help increase pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the world of work Alexandra House 33 Kingsway London WC2B 6SE T 08456 404040 F 020 7421 6855 enquiries@ofsted.go.uk www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Features of good practice observed:

10 June 2008  good opportunities are provided through the school council for pupils to engage in and understand democratic processes  compared to other schools, very good progress has been made in identifying the main (‘learning for life’) themes that contribute to developing pupils’ economic well being.

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Areas for development that we discussed, included:

 increasing the opportunities for pupils to develop their financial capability  identifying the intended learning outcomes pupils are expected to acquire in developing economic well-being and financial capability as they move through the school and explore ways of tracking pupils’ progress in achieving these.

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Areas for development that we discussed, included:

I hope these observations are useful for the future development of work in this area.

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Areas for development that we discussed, included:

As I explained previously, a copy of this letter will be sent to your local authority and will be published on Ofsted’s website. It will also be available to the team for your next institutional inspection.

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