St James inspected - again

Hot on the heels of the OfSted inspection, St James's School has just received its SIAMS report, which is the report of the Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools which took place three weeks ago  and which looked at the Christian character of the school, its religious education, and its daily acts of collective worship.

The report found that leaders and governors 'share and articulate an exemplary Christian vision that is focussed on transforming lives and meeting the academic, spiritual, amd physical needs of all pupils and families in and beyond school' and it referred to the 'extraordinarily close relationship with the parish church.'


This is the letter I wrote as Chair of Governors to parents and carers:

"I am enclosing a copy of the report for the SIAMS inspection of St James’s School which looked at how effective is the school’s distinctive Christian vision, established and promoted by leadership at all levels, in enabling pupils and adults to flourish, and paid particular attention to the impact of collective worship and the effectiveness of religious education.

I am pleased to report that St James’s School was overall graded as ‘excellent’ and that collective worship was graded as ‘excellent’ and religious education was graded as ‘good.’

Following on from the recent successful OfSted inspection, this report from the SIAMS inspector is a further tribute to the hard work of our senior leadership team, governors and teaching staff.

As a Church of England Primary School the Christian vision of the school guides us in all we do and governors and staff will continue to strive to offer the very best education for our children, undergirded by the teaching and values of the Christian faith."

You can read the report here