Honour, Integrity, and Community are bywords for me, in both my public life and private life, and also for the teachers at Homer First School.
With this in mind, I would like to honour Homer First School, and the work they do for our community, and say thank you to the staff of Homer First School for pointing out an error on “my” election leaflet.
Homer First School has nothing to do with the Bright Start Pre-School adjacent to it.
In fact, Ofsted gave Homer First School a “Good” rating in their 2013 report saying;
This is a good school.
- Pupils make good and improving progress in reading, writing and mathematics.
- Progress in reading is good for the majority of pupils. They quickly develop the skills to read, grow to enjoy reading and use these skills to help them learn and achieve high standards as they move through the school.
- Teaching is good across the school. Positive relationships between teachers and pupils, clear guidance and challenging tasks support the good progress most pupils make.
- Teachers work well with support staff to make sure that pupils needing extra help are identified early and receive effective support. As a result gaps between the progress made by different groups of pupils are closing fast.
- Pupils’ behaviour is good in lessons and around the school and they feel safe. Almost all pupils are eager to learn. Staff throughout the school model courtesy and respect very well.
- The two recently appointed co-headteachers have successfully led the school through a period of earlier instability to gain the confidence of parents and carers, pupils, staff and governors.
- They have built a cohesive and focused school community committed to the highest levels of success for pupils at this school.
- Governors know the school well. They support and rigorously challenge school leaders about how well the school is improving, and what more needs to be done
They deserve our applause.
My apologies to the teachers, staff, govenors, parents, and pupils of Homer First School for any harm caused by people reading “my” Election Leaflet.
Wisdom Da Costa
WWRA sponsored INDEPENDENT Candidate, Clewer North Ward by election 24 July 2014