A TIVERTON primary school is celebrating after receiving a rating of “good” or better in every aspect of school life from Ofsted.

Staff at Wilcombe Primary school have been praised for going the extra mile to meet pupils’ needs.

The Ofsted report said that pupils are making better progress than most children nationally in reading, writing and maths, and more pupils than average are achieving higher standards in reading and maths.

It comes following a two-day inspection in May.

Lead inspector Tracy Hannon, said: “The head of school Louise Oxenham has galva- nised a staff team who go the ‘extra mile’ to meet pupils’ needs.

“Pupils and staff feel valued, share a pride in their school and work hard to be successful.

“The head of school, with strong support from the executive head and the Primary Academies Trust, is driving the continual improvement of the school.

“The strong partnership has provided effective challenge and support for leaders and teachers to improve.”

She said the school benefits from being part of the Primary Academies Trust.

The two inspectors classed the overall effectiveness of Wilcombe as “good”, along with the leadership and management, the quality of teaching and learning, the outcomes for pupils, their personal development, behaviour and welfare, as well as the early years provision.

One group of children said to Ms Hannon: “We have no boundaries in our learning. Every day we learn something new.”

Louise Oxenham said: “We are all delighted that the inspectors have recognised the significant improvements that have been made over the past two years.

“That is down to the hard work of all the children and staff and the support of our parents and the trust.”

Executive head teacher Ashley Leeson added: “The inspectors recognised that Wilcombe provides an excellent education for all children, no matter what their skills and abilities.

“We are committed to improving that education still further in the future.