STAFF and pupils have twice the reason to celebrate after undergoing two inspections in as many months.

St John’s Church of England Primary School was judged to be a good school by Ofsted inspectors with outstanding elements found in some of the Weymouth school’s educational provision.

A Statutory Inspection of Anglican Schools (SIAS) inspection found that the distinctiveness and effectiveness of St John’s as a Church of England school is outstanding.

Features judged to be outstanding by Ofsted inspectors were the extent to which the pupils adopt healthy lifestyles, their contribution to the school and wider community and their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

Also graded as outstanding was the effectiveness of the Coombe Avenue school’s engagements with parents and carers and the effectiveness of partnerships in promoting learning and well-being.

Headteacher Diana Mason said everyone at the 203-pupil school was thrilled with the results.

She added: “The entire school community is naturally delighted with both of these reports.

“They clearly recognise the importance we place on our strong Christian ethos, our shared vision and the effectiveness of our teamwork in reaching the high aspirations that we have for all of our children.”

Inspectors rated the school as ‘good’ in 22 areas, ‘outstanding’ in five areas and ‘broadly average’ in one area, which was pupils’ attendance. They said the school could improve further by providing more opportunities across the curriculum for identifying gifted and talent pupils so they can develop their individual strengths.

It recommended they made even more use of a partnership with other schools and colleges.

Teaching staff were told that there has been consistent improvement at St John’s since its last inspection.

The attainment of pupils by the end of Year Six was found to be above average. The Early Years Foundation Stage was found to be a strength of the school.

The report said: “All children throughout the nursery and the reception class make good progress.

“This progress is maintained and built upon in Years One and Two.”

Some of the school’s activities were praised by inspectors such as pupils winning a Bronze Eco award, the school council providing water fountains and playground games and the outstanding contribution pupils have made to the local community by working on a sculpture for a local park.

SIAS inspectors said the school’s Christian ethos makes a ‘significant difference to the personal development of the children and brings purpose and meaning in living out the school’s core values’.

They said the school could develop its systems to monitor collective worship so they can explicitly evaluate their impact on the children.