[3] Following the March 2004 Ofsted inspection, the school was rated Very Good.

[8][9][10] The school was last inspected by Ofsted in January 2008, and was awarded an overall performance rating of Grade 1 Outstanding, point one on a four-point scale, with pupils making good progress in their academic skills and personal development from very low starting points in the nursery.

[1][11] High standards continued in 2008–09 when the school scored well above both the national and local average in all measures.

[12] In an imaginative project, the school invited poet Andy Croft to spend a week with the year six children to encourage them to be creative with their thoughts about money.

[13] The headteacher, Peter Cornforth, was honoured by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown for exceptional school leadership.