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Albert's Cake Sales for Mary's Meals

Fri 11 Oct 2019

We are very proud of Albert Young from Year 2 who has been on a huge fundraising mission since the Mary's Meals assembly. Albert initially set out to raise £100 and has so far raised over £250 making and selling cakes for the charity!

With a little help from mum, Albert helped to prepare, decorate and eat the cakes at the coffee afternoon last weekend which he named ‘Big Al’s Coffee Afternoon’ and he is planning to sell even more cakes at another event in the North this weekend.

Amazing job Albert - Well done!

Pictured below - Albert ready for his cake sale.

Thank you Stafford Soup Kitchen!

Mon 07 Oct 2019

We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to The Soup Kitchen in Stafford who welcomed our Reception Class and staff on Friday 4th October.

The children all enjoyed a chocolate brownie and squash, courtesy of The Soup Kitchen, and were thrilled that they were lucky enough to be able to visit a real cafe in Stafford!

Our Reception children will be hosting their own café in a few weeks and have come away with a list of all the items they need including cutlery, napkins, placemats and most importantly, big friendly smiles to welcome their customers!

Time to Read!

Mon 07 Oct 2019

All of the children in our Reception Class have been issued with a free ‘Time to Read’ pack, courtesy of the BookTrust, to take home and share with their families.

The pack includes the storybook ‘The Cave’ by Rob Hodgson and is designed to help children get excited about reading and encourage reading at home.

Children were asked to read the book with their parents and report back to Miss Barber and Miss Greatholder about what they found!

Pictured below are two of the children with their books in their very own class cave!!

Garden Make-over!

Sun 07 Jul 2019

We would like to give a big thank you to Mr Gill, his manager Mrs Sykes, and his work colleagues who as part of their company’s community days initiative donate 60 hours of their time to prepare the school garden for its new re-vamp! Watch this space for further developments.

Ofsted Praises Happy Children, Happy Parents and Happy Staff at St Austin’s

Fri 29 Mar 2019

Pupils and staff at St Austin’s Catholic Primary School are delighted with their latest Ofsted judgment of ‘Good’ following a recent one-day inspection.

St Austin’s has not been inspected since 2011 and has been through a period of significant change, becoming part of The Painsley Catholic Academy in September 2018. The latest Ofsted report concludes “the leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. They have worked well together to identify priorities for improvement and strengthen existing good practice.’ The report goes on to state that ‘you (as Executive Headteacher) have high expectations of yourself, your staff and your pupils.’

Highlighting the happiness of parents, pupils and staff at the school as key strengths, the inspector reports,

“Parents and carers are very positive about the school and its leaders. All the parents who responded .. said they would recommend the school to another parent.. Pupils..overwhelmingly agreed that they were very happy at school. Staff enjoy working at the school. They feel happy and well supported…with staff saying that they were proud to work at the school.”

Ofsted concludes that St Austin’s is a ‘warm and welcoming’ school.

Executive Headteacher, Mrs Bernadette Corbett said, “I’m really delighted by the positive comments in the Ofsted Inspector’s report. School should be a positive partnership between children, parents and staff in order to enable pupils to learn effectively, enjoy learning and reach their full potential. I would like to congratulate the whole school community on this wonderful outcome.”

Mr Steve Bell, Chief Executive Officer of The Painsley Catholic Academy commented, “This is a great result for the school. Schools need to be happy places whilst maintaining high standards in terms of behaviour and teaching and learning. St Austin’s has clearly managed to achieve this and I am confident that their students will continue to benefit from this balance.”