News Ofsted report
notes progress A GOVERNMENT inspector says a school in Allington still requires im- provement. It follows the latest Ofsted inspec-
tion ofPalaceWoodPrimary School, which says that while progress has been made, more needs to be done to improve performance. The Ofsted report blamed histori-
cal weaknesses in the teaching of spelling at the school, in Talbot Road, for leaving pupils insuffi- ciently equipped to writewell. It recommends teachers provide
more challenging work and pay more attention to marking, picking up and correcting spelling mistakes. The Ofsted report recognised that
the school now had strong leader- ship and there had been improve- ments in teaching. Nevertheless, since the last inspec-
tion, the report said: “In some cases, the work set for pupils is not suffi- ciently challenging, particularly for the most able. However, recent im- provements in the teaching of gram- mar and punctuation mean pupils’ writing is increasingly accurate.” Executive head Mary Priestley
said: ““Although much of the judg- ment is based around historical data, the school iswell on itsway to being a good school.”
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Parents urge drivers to take more care at schools
CHILDREN attending Maidstone primary schools are putting their lives at risk every day trying to run the gauntlet of drivers behav- ing badly, it is claimed. The deputy head of Brunswick Primary School, Samantha Barnett, told the town’s Joint Transporta- tion Board that urgent action was needed before a child was seri- ously hurt or killed outside her school, in Leafy Lane. Meanwhile,mumof twins Lizzie
Hare told the board that parents of children attending primary schools in Barming took “their children’s lives in their hands” attempting to get across the busy Fountain Lane junction each morning and after- noon.
Brunswick Primary School held
a week of action in February after five near-miss accidents involving children and one of the children’s grandparents being hit by a car. Staff, parents and the PCSO recorded 93 licence plate numbers of people driving dangerously. Mrs Barnett, who presented the
board with a petition of more than 700 names, backed up by a further 300 on an e-petition, said: “The lack of care and road awareness that some drivers show outside our school is horrendous. Our children have a right to be safe.” Mrs Hare presented a 1,000-
name petition to members asking for similar action at the junction of Hermitage Lane and Fountain Lane. In addition, it asks both Maid- stone Council and Kent County
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Council to ensure that the scale of new housing proposed for the area is reduced to a level appropriate to the existing infrastructure . Residents want green space pro-
tected and new planting to miti- gate against noise, air and light pollution. They also want to see “state-of- the-art” road safety measures brought in to accompany any new housing developments. Both petitions have been passed
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