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• Year 5 and 6 Get Business-y with the Careers Fair!

  Fri 09 Feb 2024

  We were delighted to host our Careers Fair on Thursday 8^th February. Children in Years 5 and 6 visited booths run by parents and friends of the school who have a variety of interesting, enterprising and aspirational jobs. These included a Jellyfish Specialist from Scarborough Sealife Centre, a Helmsman of an Arctic Cruise Ship, a former professional footballer, staff from Green Hedges Nursery and two Graphic Designers - amongst many more! They brought lots of interesting resources, free gifts and expertise for the children to enjoy.

   

  Pupils spent the morning learning about the different job roles of the volunteers and were able to ask lots of questions to help them understand how subjects that they learn at school are helpful in the working world and the special talents that they can use in different jobs.

   

  Miss Harper, who organised the event said: "Thank you to all the special visitors who gave up their time to ensure our children had a fantastic time at their Careers Fair. It was a wonderful, buzzing morning in school and we look forward to running it again in 2025".

  

• We are Good!

  Fri 02 Feb 2024

  Our school was inspected by Ofsted on 5^th and 6^th December 2023. We are delighted to be able to say we were graded us as ‘Good’ in all areas with Effective Safeguarding. This is a high benchmark under the current Ofsted Framework.

   

  We are very pleased with the comments made by the Inspectors. The report is a positive, and accurate, representation of Wheatcroft. 

   

  Some highlights from the report include the following:

  • “Pupils are safe and happy. They are proud to live up to the school’s motto of ‘Learn and Care.”
  • “Pupils receive a high-quality education.”
  • “Pupils learn in a positive environment.”
  • “Most pupils behave well in and out of the classroom. They are polite and courteous to others.”
  • “The school has made improvements to the quality of education.”
  • “The school teaches pupils how to be healthy and happy.”
  • “Leaders are relentless in driving the quality of education further forward.”
  • “Governors know the school well.”
  • “Staff are proud to work at the school.”
  • “Parents are highly complimentary about the school. They recognise that the caring environment helps their child to thrive.”

   

  The report is a celebration of all the wonderful practice at Wheatcroft and we now look forward to working together to continue moving the school forward and achieving the very best outcomes for every pupil.

   

  Wheatcroft is not only ‘Good’ ... we are continuously striving to improve and excel through our high expectations.

   

  We also want to thank all our families for their ongoing support of Wheatcroft.

   

  News article: https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/education/delight-as-ofsted-grade-scarboroughs-wheatcroft-school-good-in-all-areas-4487460