A SCHOOL principal has praised his staff and pupils after receiving an outstanding Ofsted report.

Chipping Campden School has been rewarded for its hard work by Ofsted after a two day inspection in March.

John Sanderson, the school's principal, said: "We’ve worked incredibly hard to continually improve and develop every aspect of the school in the landscape of constantly changing priorities and increasingly challenging standards.

"It is extremely pleasing for all associated with the school to have these efforts validated with an outstanding judgement.

"Having observed learning across a wide-range of subjects and age groups, and scrutinised a wide-range of student’s written work, inspectors judged not only outcomes for pupils to be outstanding, but also their personal development, behaviour and welfare, leading inspectors to comment in the report that “pupils have excellent attitudes to learning” and “pupils make excellent progress.”

"The quality of teaching, learning and assessment, and the effectiveness of leadership and management were both judged to be outstanding with inspectors reporting that “high expectations permeate the school”, and observing that “senior leaders are skilful and committed” and concluding that “the school is a very cohesive community.”

In the key findings, the report, issued last week, also applauds the contribution the governors make to the strength of the school, observing that they are self-critical and perceptive, and that high expectations permeate the school.

Mr Sanderson added: “It is a constant journey of listening, learning, reflection and change for us all.

"A voyage the whole school community travel together.

"The Chipping Campden School staff are dedicated and relentless in their pursuit of excellence, parents are supportive, and the students work hard and through their concerted efforts enjoy personal achievement; every individual thrives in their pursuit of doing the best they can on a daily basis."

The school which was rated good in their last inspection in 2012, was told that that it can improve further in its "teaching, learning and assessment in the sixth form by ensuring that recent improvements are embedded across all subjects."