As a governor and parent at Gatley Primary, I’m very pleased indeed to be able to report that the school was last week rated as “outstanding” by Ofsted.

I can’t do better than echo the words of Chair of Governors Stuart Foster (who deserves his fair share of the credit himself):

I would like to congratulate Ms Murray and all the staff, children and fellow governors on achieving such a fantastic report with the school being judge as ‘outstanding’ from the Ofsted team.

The ‘outstanding’ judgement reflects the commitment of the whole school community to continually strive to achieve our vision for the children at Gatley Primary School.

And to quote from the Ofsted report itself:

This outstanding school has made remarkable progress since the previous inspection due to reflective, determined and skilful leadership and management.  All elements of its provision are of high quality.  The curriculum, in particular, is exceptional in the way that it makes creative links between subjects and involved pupils at every level in directing their own learning.