THE head of Audley Primary School has told of her disappointment at the school's Ofsted report – just weeks after its top-rated exam results were announced.
The school in Whyteleafe Road, Caterham, has been issued with a "requires improvement" notice following its latest inspection.
Among their conclusions, the Ofsted inspectors said the quality of teaching at Audley was not yet consistently good so that pupils, particularly the more able, do not achieve well over time.
Pupils' progress in writing and mathematics was judged to be uneven across year groups.
But earlier this month Audley was top of the table in Tandridge district's SATs tests results.
The statistics showed it was the only school in Tandridge to achieve 100 per cent for the level 4 target at mathematics, and its 97 per cent success rate in English at level 4 left it sharing the top spot with St Francis Primary School which is based right next door.
Audley head Daphne Shields told the Mirror: "We were surprised and disappointed at Ofsted's grading, especially after our SATs results were the highest in the history of the school. But we are not moaning and groaning about it.
"We are getting on with it and giving extra support to more able children in maths, have put more staff training in and have bought 'challenge' booklets to stretch more able pupils."
Mrs Shields said she was pleased with many of Ofsted's findings. These included that pupils are well-behaved and feel safe, that parents felt positive about the school, and that marking consistently provides pupils with comments on how to improve.
She added: "We are confident it will be a short time before we are able to achieve a 'good' rating."
