On Wednesday 19th October I invited an Ofsted Lead Inspector (Barney Payne) accompanied by 6 Middle School Headteachers into Woodland to put our staff through their paces by watching lots of lessons and interviewing pupils, school leaders and governors.

The visiting headteachers were Mr Sharpe (Ashton Middle School, Dunstable), Mr Haddon (Holywell Middle School, Cranfield), Mrs Burrows (Newnham Middle School, Bedford), Mr Neeves (Gilbert Inglefield Middle School, Leighton Buzzard), Mrs Lourencsz (Alameda Middle School, Ampthill) and Mrs Teague (Caddington Village School, Caddington).

The visit took the exact format of an Ofsted but condensed into one day with twice the number of inspectors.

The inspection team made the following judgments:

Achievement by the pupils is GOOD

Teaching and Learning are GOOD

Behaviour and Attendance are OUTSTANDING

Leadership and Management are GOOD.

Following on so soon after the Values Education Quality Mark last week - we really are very pleased indeed and do feel that our hard work has been recognised by really credible experts.