Primaries amongst top in country based on screening checks - Schools Minister

Writing on behalf of the Department for Education, Mr Hinds delivered the news that Scarcliffe Primary School was in the top 1% of primary schools in the country in the Phonics Screening Check. The minister said it was ‘outstanding’ that 100% of Year 1 pupils at Scarcliffe had met the expected standard.

“Your particular success in teaching phonics and early reading so effectively means your pupils are developing a firm foundation, from which they can become increasingly fluent and develop a lifelong love of reading,” he wrote in a letter to headteacher Ian Marsh.

 

I was delighted to see your results.

Damian Hinds, Schools Minister

Redhill Academy Trust Primary Director, Julie Wardle, said: “What a fantastic accolade for Scarcliffe. Well done to all the pupils and staff who have worked so hard to achieve these outstanding results!” 

Over at Palterton Primary School, one of Redhill Trust’s associate schools, there was more good news from the DfE. Their achievements in the 2023 multiplication tables check placed them within the top 200 performing schools in England.

Mr Hinds wrote to headteacher Ros Horsley: “The excellent achievement of your pupils is something the Government hopes to see replicated in schools across the country.”

“I would like both to congratulate your staff and pupils for their hard work and to thank you for your leadership in continuing to promote the important subject of mathematics.”

The excellent achievement of your pupils is something the Government hopes to see replicated in schools across the country.

Damian Hinds, Minister for Schools

Julie Wardle added her congratulations on behalf of Redhill Academy Trust, saying: “I am so proud of Palterton, as  mastering times tables at an early age lays firm foundations for developing fluency in Maths and will be used not only throughout their school journey but during the rest of their lives.”