Appleton C of E Primary School

Dear Parent,

Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School: Ofsted's Interom Assessment

I am pleased to provide important information about Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School.

As you may know, during its last inspection in June 2008, Ofsted inspectors judged your childs school to be outstanding. The 2011 Education Bill proposes that, from January 2012, schools that have previously judged to be outstanding will not be subject to routine inspections unless concerns are raised about their performance.

To help decide whether we need to inspect an outstanding school, Her Majesty's Inspectors look at various sources of information, as listed below. This is called an 'Interim assessment'

The results of the interim assessment

In carrying out the assessment, we considerd the following; pupils' academic performancepupils' attendanceany inspection visits carried out by Ofsed since the last routine inspectionqualifying complaints (1) about the school by parents or carersany other significant concerns brought to Ofsted's attention

I am pleased to inform you that our interim assessment indicates performance has been sustained and thatwe will not be inspecting your school unless we receive further information that raises concerns. We will continue to unertake annual assessmnets of the schools performance,

I wish everyone involved in the school continued success in the future.

Yours sincerely

Christine Gilbert

(1) Ofsed has specific powers (under section 11A-C of the Education Act 2005, as amended) to investigate certain complaints, known as qualifying complaints