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A SCHOOL has announced that it will be closed today for some pupils due to staff shortages.

A SCHOOL has announced that it will be closed today for some pupils due to staff shortages.

THE head teacher of a school told it has to improve says it is getting better. Seven Fields Primary in Penhill was rated as requiring improvement for the quality of its education following an inspection by Ofsted. But head Damian Booth said: “We feel we are a good school that is on a journey to becoming an even better one. “We are confident that the people whose opinion matters most – the children, the parents and the local community – can see this. “We cannot control the rating we are awarded on any given day – all we can do is continue to work tirelessly to make this a...

A SCHOOL placed in special measures two years ago received glowing praise about its determination to improve. Ofsted's monitoring inspection of Seven Fields Primary School hailed the staff and leadership team's efforts to bounce back from a bad rating. This follows a similarly-positive check-up inspectors carried out in January 2020 after the education body deemed the Penhill facility Inadequate in May 2019. The latest report highlighted improvements to the curriculum which allowed pupils who fell behind to catch up more easily, staff are now better at improving students' reading skil...

The Swan School in Oxford unveiled Laura Megaw, who was previously an assistant headteacher in Rome. She joins the Marston school, which became the first completely new secondary in the city for more than 50 years when it opened in 2019. Ms Megaw was previously assistant headteacher at St George’s British International School in Rome and has also held leadership posts at schools in London. She said: “I am excited to have the opportunity to really shape and grow a sixth form culture in which each individual can become the best version of themselves. “I passionately believe in p...