Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• White Rock School is now officially a 'Good' School

  Wed 29 Jul 2015

  PRESS RELEASE – Tuesday 28 July 2015

   

  White Rock Primary School is now officially a ‘Good’ School

   

  In just 14 months White Rock Primary School has progressed and transformed from ‘inadequate – special measures’ to a ‘good’ overall school!

   

  After receiving a damming Ofsted report in May 2014 the headteacher, Sarah Tomkinson, and her staff have consistently worked hard to turn the school around and this has been reflected in the latest Ofsted inspection visit which took place at the beginning of July 2015.

   

  Within the highly complementary report Ofsted state that they feel ‘teachers’ relationships with pupils are excellent’ and this is having a knock on effect by ‘inspiring pupils to produce high-quality work.’

   

  Ofsted continues by saying that pupils ‘good behaviour and their positive attitudes to learning permeate all lessons and break times’ and that the headteachers ‘outstanding leadership inspires staff and motivates pupils to do their best’. The reports continues by saying that ‘lessons are well planned to encourage pupils to make rapid progress in their reading and writing’.

   

  The report also highlighted:

  ·         Pupils feel safe and look out for each other.

  ·         Parents are delighted with improvements in the school.

  ·         Governors are focused and influential.

  ·         Provision in Early Years is vibrant and exciting.

  ·         Professional development has significantly improved teaching and staff leadership skills.

  ·         Parents also value the increased engagement with teachers over the progress their children are making.

   

  Sarah Tomkinson, Headteacher said: "We are very pleased with the report and it is a true reflection of what happens in the school on a daily basis. This incredible outcome is as a result of staff, parents, governors and children pulling together to improve outcomes for our children. We are determined that we are going to become an outstanding school over time and we feel that this inspection is a really good signal of the progress that the school has made.”

   

  “White Rock is also going through a building development programme which is seeing a number of our old classrooms being developed into bigger and better learning spaces for our pupils. The first phase of this programme is due to complete shortly and to celebrate the opening of the new classrooms, along with this great Ofsted report, we are holding a Festival of Learning on Saturday 19 September 2015. Pupils, staff, parents and the local community are all welcome to come along and help us celebrate the progress we are making.”

   

  Ofsted has advised the school that to become outstanding it needs to continue to improve its teaching of mathematics and pupil’s learning in the teaching of science and technology along with ensuring work in personal, social, health and citizenship is sufficiently challenging.

   

  For more information on the Festival of Learning visit: www.whiterockprimaryschool.co.uk/festival-of-learning

   

  To see the full Ofsted report visit: www.whiterockprimaryschool.co.uk/school-improvement-journey

   

• White Rock School is a Good School

  Mon 27 Jul 2015
  OFSTED visited on July 7th and 8th and graded all aspects of our school as 'Good'.

• Parents Blitz the Garden!

  Sat 06 Jun 2015

  On Saturday 7th May some of our hardy parents braved the overgrown allotment and garden area to clear it and make it an effective space our for children's learning. They toiled from 9am until 3pm and made a huge difference to the space. On behalf of the children, staff and parents of White Rock we want a say a HUGE THANK YOU to them! 

   

  http://www.whiterockprimaryschool.co.uk/parent-power/

• Writing workshop

  Fri 27 Mar 2015 Writing Team
  Keep up to date with the current teaching of writing by visiting the writing page in the learning section of the website.

• OFSTED PARENT SURVEY

  Mon 16 Mar 2015 Please click on this link to access the survey

  Your views are important to us - please complete the Parent View Survey by clicking on the link below...

   

  https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk

• OFSTED VISIT TUES 17 & WEDS 18 MARCH

  Mon 16 Mar 2015

• Maths Curriculum Evening KS2

  Mon 15 Dec 2014
  Want to know what strategies your child is learning in Maths? Is your child in Key Stage 2 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6)? Come to our Maths workshop where you will experience different ways of calculating, enabling you to help your child at home. Hope to see you on Monday 15th December 6.30pm-7.15pm!

• Maths Curriculum Evening EYFS / KS1

  Tue 09 Dec 2014
  Want to know what strategies your child is learning in Maths? Is your child in EYFS or Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2)? Come to our Maths workshop where you will experience different ways of calculating, enabling you to help your child at home. Hope to see you on Tuesday 9th December 6.30pm-7.15pm!

• Open Morning 20th November 2014

  Fri 24 Oct 2014
  Is your child due to start school in September 2015?  We are holding an Open Morning for prospective pupils and their parents to visit the school and meet pupils staff and Governors on Thursday 20th November.  We look forward to seeing you then.

• Parental Survey

  Tue 09 Sep 2014
  A new parental survey has been created, gaining your views on residentials.  Please note this survey is only for parents of Year 5 and 6 children.  Click on this link to complete the survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BSPV8QV