Ofsted Report

Dear Parent,

As you are all aware the school was inspected at the end of the Summer Term. They have now published their official Ofsted Report following the inspection that took place on 26 and 27 June 2024. The report is extremely positive. What clearly stands out is excellence on academic achievements, extended (beyond exam content) learning and very strong support for pupils. I would publicly like to thank our pupils, our staff and our parents for their amazing support for KPS and just take a moment to recognise that without everyone’s commitment and dedication the school would not be as strong as it is today.

I must also thank parents for the overwhelmingly positive feedback we received during this process. The HMI (His Majesty’s Inspector) who led the inspection commented on the very large number of parents who completed the Parent Survey. So thank you!

It is probably also worth a brief note regarding the Ofsted grading system: just so you are aware that this was not an inspection that would have resulted in a change of grading unless a second inspection was felt to be necessary.  I am delighted that KPS continues to be rated as Good.  Our all-through school for an Ofsted inspection is considered as five separate phases, each of which have to be rated at least “Good” in order to secure an overall “Good” rating for the whole school.  So, this is an incredible achievement and my thanks again to everyone involved. I have to confess that it was not the easiest time of the year to be inspected. However, we did take the decision to not cancel anything that was planned or normally happens in our school at that time. So, I do really thank the staff enormously for their dedication for continuing to run all of the things they do, when possibly it may have been simpler to cancel activities in order to concentrate (or panic) on the inspection.

Of course, there is always room for improvement, myself as well as the rest of the school staff are very open to professional feedback about how we can further improve KPS.  In the report, the inspection team have focussed their singular improvement recommendation on relationships between some pupils based on the feedback from talking to some small focus groups.  Please do be reassured that at KPS, we do not tolerate pupils not being kind and respectful to each other in any way shape or form and work very hard to promote a healthy, happy, and fully inclusive environment for all of our pupils.  We will continue to do this, taking on board the feedback from the inspection team as well as broader perspectives from pupils, staff and parents. Please also note that if behaviour does fall short of the school’s expectations then this will be dealt with appropriately. And, of course, for more serious lapses in behaviour or conduct the school will deal with these in the strongest possible terms. I hope we can continue to count on your support in ensuring all of our young people are supported in making the right choices. And to be fair, most pupils do most of the time. But let’s try and make it even better. 

Mr Philip Sanderson

Principal