On Thursday 4th October, four weeks into the start of the new academic year, we underwent a hugely successful, unannounced progress visit by ISI at the request of the Department of Education (DfE), who checked that we had fully implemented our action plan following our initial ISI compliance inspection of last year. In a compliance inspection, standards are either met or not. I am pleased to report that the inspectors have confirmed our full compliance and that our action plan had been completed. In particular, I would like to share the following points with you:

• The proprietor ensures that the leadership and management demonstrate good skills and knowledge, and fulfil their responsibilities effectively, so that the other standards are consistently met and they actively promote the well-being of the pupils. In particular, proprietors and school leaders have fully implemented the action plan submitted following the previous regulatory compliance inspection.

• For the regulations which were the focus of this visit, the school meets all of the requirements of the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, and relevant requirements of the Early Years Statutory Framework, and no further action is required as a result of this visit.

We are obviously delighted with this result. An unannounced inspection can be daunting, but truth be told, both Mrs Greinig and I rather enjoyed it because we knew we were ready and were pleased to demonstrate this.  I would like to thank our staff for their unremitting hard work on behalf of our pupils, and also you, our parent body, for your continued support in this, now successfully completed, transition from Ofsted to the ISI framework.

A copy of our latest report was sent to parents by email. If you would like to discuss this report further, I would be delighted to meet with you and an appointment can be made at the school office by phoning 01803 327868 option 1.

Kind Regards

Fleur Greinig. BA Hons, MSc.

Acting Head Teacher