OFSTED representatives have praised an Orford school where teachers are proud and happy to work.

Beamont Collegiate Academy was graded as ‘good’ by Ofsted after a two-day visit, maintaining its previous rating.

In their report, inspectors noted how Beamont’s ‘happy and friendly’ pupils enjoy going to school and that they behave well.

The report reads: “Pupils like the enrichment activities that leaders provide.

“These opportunities are wide-ranging and include choir, chess, and yoga.

“Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), rise to leaders’ high expectations.

“Pupils understand and follow the school’s learning and behaviour values.

“This helps to ensure that classrooms are calm and purposeful.

“Pupils achieve well in a broad range of subjects.”

But it wasn’t just the Long Lane school’s pupils who impressed Ofsted inspectors.

Teachers and pupils who are ‘proud and happy’ to work at Beamont were praised in the report – notably for support offered to pupils.

“Teachers check pupils’ understanding regularly in lessons,” the report notes.

“This helps them to quickly identify and address any misconceptions that pupils may develop.

“Teachers use this information effectively to adjust their activities when required.

“This helps pupils to learn the curriculum confidently.

“Teachers also routinely check how well pupils’ have remembered the knowledge that they have been taught across a series of lessons.”