Sunday
21st Oct 2007
Cassop Primary
School wins the
'Sustainable School
Award' at the National
Teaching Annual
Awards ceremony
at the London Palladium.
See here
for more details!!!
Tuesday
2nd Oct 2007
Cassop Primary
School has reached
the national final
of the 2007 National
Teaching Awards
in the Sustainable
School Category
- the results of
which can be seen
on Sunday 21st October
2007 on BBC2 at
6.00pm!!
Friday
6th Oct 2006
Ashden
Awards:
These awards recognise
the contribution
of organisations
and individuals
who have found innovative
and effective ways
to promote the use
of renewable energy.
Ashden
Awards Projects
from all parts of
the world are recognised
and this site is
well worth a visit!
This is the first
year that there
has been a schools
category and Cassop
was awarded £10,000
as joint first prize
winners.The money
will be used to
equip one of our
classrooms to enable
more schools in
our region to learn
more about sustainable
living. A further
£30,00 is
neede to complete
this developement!
The award was presented
to Cassop children
by David Cameron
and Mr McManners,
together with the
other winners was
invited to Clarence
House to discuss
our work with Prince
Charles who in the
patron of The Ashden
Awards
Cultural Hubs:
The school is part
of a project linking
a small group of
schools who have
Arts Mark status
with Arts intitutions.
We are working with
Seven
Stories (the
centre for children's
books), Dance
City, The
Baltic, Beamish
Museum and others.
So far the collaboration
has resulted in
book writing, dance
performances and
some very exciting
visits and arts
in school. Planned
for this year is
a very anbitious
piece of work which
will culminate with
a dance/film performance
probably at The
Newcastle
Playhouse. It
will link our arts
and environmental
work.
Visitors ;
The school has hosted
visitors from China,
Russia and India
during the 2006
autumn term.
Wednesday
29th Dec 2004
Headteacher,
Jim McManners has
been awarded the
O.B.E. in the New
Years Honours List.
A highly deserved
accolade. Congratulations
from all at Cassop
Primary School.
Thursday 23rd
Sept 2004
Blue Peter visits
us at Cassop School!!
Find out more here...
Monday 22nd March
2004
Visit our recently
updated environment
section to find
out about the exciting
new opportunities
for visiting Cassop
School and undertake
work with your school
group at our new
Environmental Extra
Sustainability Centre.
Thursday 12th June
2003
Cassop Headmaster
wins the BT award
for 'School and
Community Involvement'.
Jim's prize includes
an interactive whiteboard
for the school as
well as a £2000
cash grant for Cassop.
He is now put forward
for the National
Award in London
26th Oct. (Full
details here)
Thursday
22nd May 2003
Football Cup Match
Cassop v Wheatley
Hill.
Cassop played superbly
to win 1-0 and earn
them a place in
the semi-final.
Next match to be
played Thursday
5th June 2003. Good
luck to Cassop!!
Nov
2002 OFSTED highlights
(full
report here)
How
good the school is...
This
is a very good school
with some excellent
features, including
an outstanding provision
for environmental
education, the arts
and pupils’ personal
development. All pupils
achieve well and standards
are above average.
There is high quality
teaching throughout
the school and the
curriculum motivates
pupils really well
because it is rich
and exciting. The
leadership and management
of the headteacher
are excellent, and
he is supported well
by staff and governors
in providing a terrific
ethos for learning.
Although the cost
of running this small
school is high, it
gives very good value
for money because
it is such a strong
source of support
and inspiration for
its local community.
What
the school does well·
Children achieve particularly
well in mathematics;·
The headteacher’s
leadership results
in outstanding provision
for environmental
education;·
The arts curriculum
is vibrant and exciting;·
Everyone benefits
from the school’s
excellent environment
for learning. What
could be improved
The few minor issues
identified as areas
for improvement already
form part of the school’s
own development plan.
The areas for improvement
will form the basis
of the governors’
action plan.
How
the school has improved
since it's last inspection...
The
last inspection was
in February 1998.
Since then the school
has improved at a
good pace. Reading
standards have improved
year on year, and
writing also shows
a better picture.
Provision for information
and communication
technology (ICT) has
been strengthened
through better teaching,
more resources and
wider use in other
subjects. Collective
worship is now very
good, and children
have regular, meaningful
opportunities to reflect
on their thoughts
and feelings.
The
school is well placed
to maintain its success.
Led by the headteacher,
it never settles for
the ordinary or mundane
and is always looking
for ways to improve
in everything that
it does.
Standards
In
schools where there
are 10 or fewer pupils
taking the national
tests for 11-year-olds,
no results are published.
The data drawn from
such small numbers
is not reliable enough
to show comparisons
with other schools.
By the end of their
year in the reception
class, most children
have reached the expected
goals for this age
in all areas of learning,
and throughout the
rest of the school
they all achieve really
well.
At
the ages of 7 and
11 years, inspection
findings show that
many are reaching
above average standards
in reading, writing,
mathematics and science.
Pupils with special
educational needs
make very good gains
and achieve well in
relation to their
difficulties. Higher
attainers and those
with exceptional gifts
or talents make good
progress. Speaking
and listening skills
are a real strength
of children’s
work at both key stages
and they are particularly
good at explaining
things. Another strong
area of achievement
is in mathematics
where most pupils
reach above average
standards in mental
calculation and problem
solving.
Standards
are very high in environmental
studies, and the oldest
pupils know much more
than most children
their age about local
and global conservation
issues. Some work
seen here is of outstanding
quality. In all areas
of learning, pupils
throughout the school
are good at investigating
and finding things
out for themselves.
In art, music and
drama, pupils excel
and achieve a great
deal in their creative
work; standards in
these aspects are
well above average.
The school sets challenging
targets for itself
in all areas of work
and consistently achieves
well against them.
