Welcome

Child Centredness, Teamwork and Community, Excellence, Learning,
Improvement, Responsibility, Optimism

Welcome to The Spinney School.

The Spinney is a happy, welcoming and outstanding (Ofsted 2008/9) primary school set in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages to the south of the City of Cambridge. It serves children and families from within the school's catchment area and beyond. We are very proud of the linguistic, social, ethnic and cultural diversity of the families that we serve and we take an active role in our community.

In 2006 the school was assessed by Ofsted as being "outstanding". The school was assessed as "outstanding" for a second time in January 2009.

These are some of the things that the inspector reported.

"The Spinney is an outstanding school where pupils thrive in both their academic and personal development. Pupils love school and learning and they are exceptionally well prepared for their move to secondary education. Parents are almost unanimous in their support and are pleased to have chosen the school for their children."

"Outstanding teaching and the excellent curriculum mean that pupils thoroughly enjoy lessons. Teachers are highly skilled and ensure that classrooms present a calm and orderly learning atmosphere in which relationships are excellent and pupils are confident and secure."

"The school is led and managed exceptionally well. The headteacher provides outstanding leadership and management and has been pivotal in maintaining the school's outstanding overall effectiveness. There is a very strong sense of teamwork fostered by senior staff, and a feeling of common purpose of improvement at all levels."

"Children thrive in the school's very positive and nurturing environment. They benefit extremely well from the very good procedures that care for, guide and support their personal needs, and very strong partnerships with other schools."

"Pupils make outstanding progress because the staff know them well and meet their different learning needs."

The Spinney is forward-looking and outward-reaching. There is a strong community feel to the school with a wonderful parents association (Friends), a dedicated and talented staff team, an effective and skilled Governing Body and delightful, enthusiastic, confident and polite children.

The school's mission statement is "Teaching and Learning Together" and this is central to our ethos. The Spinney's on-going success is a team effort and we all work hard to ensure that the children have a positive learning experience every day.

The Spinney has a lot to offer our children and we always keep them at the heart of everything we do. Thank you for visiting our website. We look forward to meeting you.

Rachel Snape

Head teacher

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