Oakwood Park wins Ofsted accolades
WORK in English at Oakwood Park Grammar School has been judged outstanding by Ofsted. A new report says attainment
is high at the end of Key Stage 4 and has been consistently ris- ing. In the past two years, al- most all pupils gained GCSEs in English language and literature at grade C or above, with A or A* grades well above average. Inspector Tony Byrne said his
visit inMarch to look at work in English had provided valuable information which would con- tribute toOfsted’s national eval- uation and reporting. With regard to the subject, he considered that achievement, the quality of teaching, curricu- lum and leadership and man-
Campsite go-ahead
ATENTED campsite is to be set up at Allington Lock. Maidstone Council granted planning permission for the campsite to be established on the garden lawn in Lock House on condition of no tented occu- pancy beyond three-week stays and between November and February. The maximum number of pitches available at any one time is 20 two-man sized tents.
agement were all outstanding. Mr Byrne was impressed by classroom doors painted as cov- ers of Penguin paperbacks to an- nounce the department’s “infec- tious passion for reading”. He noted that pupils study
both good quality contemporary fiction and a very good range of poetry and pre-1914 literature. Mr Byrne reported on his sur-
vey in a letter to head teacher Kevin Moody. He suggested the school could improve further by adapting its highly successful approaches to supporting pupils’ confidence and planning in Years 7 to 11, to help sixth formers gain even more of the highest grades at A- level.
Boiler work closes Hazlitt for a month
MAIDSTONE'S Hazlitt Arts Cen- tre will be shut for a month in summer for essential work on the heating and electrical systems. The borough council owners
fear the heating may break down this winter. One of the four boilers has al-
ready failed and the pipework and radiators are more than 30 years old. A report to cabinet said when
the system was flushed out last summerit exposedweaknesses in the pipework, causing leaks in
some areas."It is therefore consid- ered expedient to replace the eld- erly pipework and radiators at the same time as the boiler plant to ensure maximum efficiency of the new system," the report added. The plan is to close the Hazlitt Theatre and Exchange Studio, which contribute over£2ma year to the local economy, from mid- August to mid-September. The project will be funded
from balances as the work was unbudgeted.
Thieves target garages in East Malling POLICE are investigating a number of overnight garage break-ins in Broadwater Road, East Malling. Fishing equip- ment and a strimmer were taken
from one garage and, from an- other, two brown leather sad- dles were taken. A strimmer and garden equipment were taken in another incident.
Patients’ favourite is pampered LOIDA Tuazon has been voted favourite nurse by patients at Maidstone’s Somerfield Hospital. Loida (40), of Tonbridge Road, has been a nurse at the London
Executive director Connie Stocker (second left), nurse Loida Tuazon and director of clinical services Katherine Catchpole, joined by col- leagues.
Road hospital for nine years. She received some glowing comments from patients, such as ‘I couldn’t fault her manner and professionalism’. Loida, whose prize was a bouquet of flowers, champagne and a pamper hamper, said: “I’m thrilled. It’s such a lovely surprise – and itmeans even more to me that it comes from the patients I’ve cared for.” All 65 nurses and health care assistants at Somerfield were pre- sented with a pen torch on InternationalNurses Day,May 12, the birth date of Florence Nightingale.
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