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ARMSTRONG ON IF HE EXPECTS TO SEE JOE ADAMS OR ARMANTI EDWARDS ON PUNT RETURNS: Joe has done a nice job. When he catches the ball, he's explosive. He does a nice job. He can make some plays. He is a threat. He's a young player and I'm sure he'll mature as time goes along. Sometimes you have to go through that process. If they leave him in there, they'll have something down the road. I don't know, but we'll be prepared for both of them.
ARMSTRONG ON MEDLOCK AND NORTMAN: Medlock is a kickoff kid from UCLA who's been around for awhile actually. He's one of those kids who's been in a camp. Cut. Been in camp. Cut. He's been in about four years now. A UCLA kid. A lefty. Strong leg. You see that he had a 56-yarder and a 50-yarder in the Pittsburgh preseason game. He missed them, but he had the distance. He's got a strong leg. The ball gets up fast. They have a good operation. Kickoff wise, he's going to kick most of them left and he's going to keep you honest and kick one in the right corner.
MORE ARMSTRONG ON ADAMS: The muffs. The fumble. That's fine. This kid can score. He can run. He's got that combination of fast and sudden. He can stop on a dime and change directions. He's a guy that we're going to have to get prepared for. You can see on some the plays where he's made some returns. There have been a couple shoestring tackles.
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September 26th, 2012
5:20 am
September 26th, 2012
5:24 am
Getting up early for Pt has finally paid off with a "first". Now on to more serious matters, I'm a little concerned that Cam is due a breakout game and our defense, which has played very well, may be due for a letdown. I am confident that we can win in a shoot out .
September 26th, 2012
6:19 am
Pathetic, perennial losers…good regular season team…sorry playoff team…can't win when it matters…until you win a SB, you remain inferior to the SB44 Champs…fact…truth hurts, huh?…can't wait until you fold like a cheap lawn chair this season…fact…FAILCANTS are a house of cards…lmao…
No SB rings or playoff wins…pathetic…
September 26th, 2012
6:20 am
How many SB rings you got, loosahs?…right…zero…lmao…
September 26th, 2012
6:38 am
FAILCANTS, why all the hate, bro? Is's clear you don't like our team and that you know little about football… You know how many great teams had tough times before they broke through with playoff wins? Thought you didn't… I get as frustrated as anyone when we lose but it sounds like your mommy won't let you stay up too late in your mancave…. LOL… lighten up homie! It's just a game!
September 26th, 2012
6:41 am
great article, as always, DOL!
September 26th, 2012
6:42 am
sAINTS are 0-3
September 26th, 2012
7:22 am
I know it has been said before…but it needs to be said again….when you answer these idiots and address there idiotic posts you play right into their hands…ignoring them is the worst thing you can do to these fools….they want you to react and get yourselves upset….its what they thrive on….if everyone to a man on this board would ignore….JSS…Failcant's and Seen this before they would eventually get tired and just go away….they have an agenda and we all know what it is!!!!
September 26th, 2012
7:24 am
3-0 vs 0-3!! Lol nuff said… Expect another blowout….our O line has been awesome. Daunte actially did a decent job n coverage last game o.O
September 26th, 2012
7:42 am
Mantra — any game can be a trap game. How about when the Falcons under Norm van Brocklin (I think) were the only ones to upset the Vikings in the 70s? I was very young at the time…
That being said, I expect we can pull the win assuming no more major players go down to injury. Sometimes, it looks like a "killing fields" out there. Any word on Julio's hand? I have to admit, I thought he was going to have shoulder problems from a roll in the endzone put on him by a Bronco.
September 26th, 2012
7:44 am
FALCONS 3-0!!! Thats how you RISE UP!!!
September 26th, 2012
7:44 am
Who knows, the Saints might repeat their 0-12 start of 1980………wonder if Caints fans will be sensitive to the environment and use plastic bags instead of paper. Of course this causes a suffocation risk………………………………….It's a funny visual, Caints fans thru out the superdome passing out in their seats right and left. How terrible.
September 26th, 2012
8:27 am
The biggest threat the Falcons face against Carolina is themselves, if we play as we have in the first three games we will win, if we get complacient we will get our arse kicked, it all boils down to just how serious this club is when it comes to exceeding the past four years performance. I do believe that Nolan and Koetter will make sure that doesn't happen—–Go Falcons, lets make Cam sulk one more time.
September 26th, 2012
8:41 am
Failcant-I think you are just a little butt hurt because Drew Brees and the aints arent living up to the hype. I am sorry Matt Ryan is the top rated passer in the league right now ( 8 TDs 1 INT 793 Yards with a passer rating of 114). Can't get much better than that! I will take your trash talk as a sign that you are jealous of the Falcons success because if you dont have haters, you are doing something wrong. so bring on all the haters! Drew Brees looks like he is lost without Sean Peyton. hahahaha. I feel a season sweep of the aints this year with a National Stage beat down of the aints on Thanksgiving night! ITS OUR TIME GO FALCONS!
September 26th, 2012
8:42 am
The Saints fans with the ole.. How many Super Bowl rings do you have ?? ha ha LOL…..Thats the ONLY thing they can bring……. Thats great,,,Congradulations again on that ring……
Now, to what matters now,,,,,,,,Who dat ? Who dat ?? Well, lately,its the KC Chiefs… HAVE A GREAT SEASON…
September 26th, 2012
8:42 am
@FAILCANTS have more player arrests than SB wins
you are really embarrassing yourself. So you are "lmao"? At what? 0-3? #28 power rankimg? That's too funny, in a sad, pathetic way. Hang on to yesterday, it's all you have. I'm thinking that it's a good thing they bury their dead on top of the ground in N.O. or you wouldn't even be able to see your "Taints" lose every week. Well almost every week, you do have a bye coming. Now go run your state flag up a pole. I hear it's been changed to a blue tarp, you can get one at Home Depot.
September 26th, 2012
8:42 am
TOO BAD SAINTS FANS – The Pack is gonna be good and pissed for your game Sunday. Welcome to 0-4
September 26th, 2012
8:51 am
Love watching that Saints Defense…Man, are they good or what ??? LMAO !!!
September 26th, 2012
9:01 am
You chumps won a Superbowl 3 seasons ago. You haven't won a playoff game since. The Falcons & the Saints have both been one & done ever since. The difference is, the Falcons lost to the team that won or went to the Superbowl.. The Saints just lost. One thing's for sure, you won't be winning a Superbowl this year. Stop living on past glory. But, look at the bright side. I'm sure there's plenty of paper bags in New Orleans to fill up the Superdome.
September 26th, 2012
9:03 am
Who's willing to bet that the Aints and their fans are just BEGGING for another hurricane to hit them?
September 26th, 2012
9:10 am
I will just smile today……..:)damn go birds!
September 26th, 2012
9:24 am
Tony, you should have said that the Saints lost to a team in the playoff who had a losing record (Seattle, hint). Not only lost, but Seattle made them look stupid on that TD run. At least we lost like every other team did, to the Superbowl Champs…And the poor Saint lost to a losing team that shouldn't have been there in the first place
September 26th, 2012
9:32 am
Guess which NFL teams very offensive defensive stats these are……………….
PTS 34.0 (30th)
YDS 477.3 (32nd)
PASS YDS 262.3 (25th)
RUSH YDS 215.0 (32nd)
Here's a hint: They have a sissy lily on their helmets.
Another hint: Their fans wear paper sacks over their heads.
And yet another hint: Their fans are too stupid to leave a city built below sea level during a hurricane.
September 26th, 2012
9:36 am
Carolina Panthers
PTS 17.3 (30th)
YDS 363.7 (13th)
PASS YDS 267.3 (11th)
RUSH YDS 96.3 (19th)
PTS 26.3 (24th)
YDS 383.0 (24th)
PASS YDS 243.7 (18th)
RUSH YDS 139.3 (27th)
September 26th, 2012
9:38 am
Everywhere we goooO,
Everywhere we goooO,
People wanna knooOw,
People wanna knooOw,
Who we aaa are,
Who we aaa are,
So we tell theem, So we tell theem,
We are the FALCONS!! We are the FALCONS!!
September 26th, 2012
9:43 am
Your NFL Atlanta Falcons NFC South Champions 2012
PTS 31.3 (3rd)
YDS 345.0 (19th)
PASS YDS 255.0 (15th)
RUSH YDS 90.0 (25th)
PTS 16.0 (4th)
YDS 336.3 (13th)
PASS YDS 207.7 (8th)
RUSH YDS 128.7 (24th)
September 26th, 2012
10:10 am
Not sure DLED reads this far down in the blogs but I saw where Mike Smith stated how surprised he was at how many Falcons fans came to the San Diego game and he thought many might have been servicemen and women. Well I'm not a serviceman and I took my son to the game. None of the other Falcons fans I talked to were either. Not saying none were but when you win consistently fans show up. I live in Riverside 90 miles north of San Diego and I've started seeing Falcons fans everywhere I go! So please tell that to Coach Smith!
September 26th, 2012
10:12 am
Go ahead Caints fans, watch it break out one more time!!!
Caints vs Seattle – Marshawn Lynch 67yard Winning TD Run!!!
Anatomy of Marshawn Lynch's Beast Mode run – ESPN NFL Films
Marshawn Lynch breaks down his legendary "Beast Mode" run from the 2011 playoff win against the Saints, for NFL Films and aired on ESPN on Sept. 6, 2011.
"I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand Life is good today, life is good today"
September 26th, 2012
10:14 am
And if Mike Smith wants to know where I've seen them, then tell him on the Freeway, surface streets, movies, grocery store, hospital and even church! All here in Riverside or very nearby.
September 26th, 2012
10:25 am
Lost & Found Notice: Aging, tarnished Lombardi Trophy wearing paper bag found unconcious behind Bourbon Street bar.
September 26th, 2012
10:46 am
Nice to have a division game at home this week. We really need to win this one so I am hoping that the Falcons continue to improve and focus. Any NFL team can beat you on any given Sunday but I am optimistic given the power demonstration that we have seen so far. GO FALCONS! YOU ARE RISING UP!
September 26th, 2012
11:31 am
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September 26th, 2012
11:41 am
It's just a matter of staying focused at this point and not having a letdown. There is no reason we shouldn't be able to handle Carolina this weekend.
September 26th, 2012
11:57 am
You see that picture up there…………………………………………………………….
Thats a repeat of Coach Smith telling Cam ," Sorry Sonny, maybe next time!"………………..lmao………………………………………
September 26th, 2012
12:04 pm
I discovered a cure for herpes!
Oh wait…..Maybe not.
September 26th, 2012
12:19 pm
[...] Atlanta Journal Constitution [...]
September 26th, 2012
1:05 pm
What happened to my post?
September 26th, 2012
1:08 pm
SeenThisB4 must be choking down some humble pie…..
September 26th, 2012
1:14 pm
Chris Mortensen that the league and locked-out officials met into the wee hours last night and a deal is very close. We could have actual refs on the field by Sunday.
September 26th, 2012
1:16 pm
I'm going to New Orleans for the FALCONS aints game and boy I'm glad I waited to buy tix on stub hub…. Prices are plummeting.. by the time ouur game rolls around NOV 11th I'll be able to buy someone a beer for 50 yardline seats…
September 26th, 2012
1:16 pm
Play tough Falcons football and we should win this one. We need to make a statement that the NFC South is ours this year. This will not be an easy team, they are hungry and have several talented players … just not sure that they have the overall team skill compared to our team which is playing very well right now.
September 26th, 2012
1:16 pm
What happened to "is reporting"?
September 26th, 2012
1:20 pm
[...] Atlanta Journal Constitution [...]
September 26th, 2012
1:22 pm
Falcants how many playoff game have the Aints won on the road??? ZERO…. The Aints won the SB only by CHEATING. Aints cant beat anybody unless they CHEAT!! That why the Aints are 0-3 they CHEAT anymore… I have heard Goddell say he is going to take the SB win away from the Aints for CHEATING!! That would be justice!!
September 26th, 2012
1:31 pm
I'm thinking we start big in this one, and blow it open as well. Might let them score a bit late.
Something like 34-20?
September 26th, 2012
1:35 pm
Just get after it, like we've been doing,execute and were sitting at 4-0. Damn good feeling.
September 26th, 2012
1:50 pm
FYI 0-5 is the Aints playoff record on the Road!! They even got whipped by a losing Seahawk team…Even by CHEATING they could not win those games…. LOL
September 26th, 2012
1:53 pm
Cam knows zones. That's it. Any defensive strategy other than our secondary standing like zone statues (see last year) should work.
Oh yea, and double team #89 ALL GAME LONG.
September 26th, 2012
2:20 pm
Panties are gonna get a butt whoopin' this Sunday, wait and see. We gone be on them like white on rice. Haha!
Matty Ice will be lights out, when he starts his barrage of TD passes on this awful defense.
I say, No Contest!!!
September 26th, 2012
2:24 pm
The runaway of the division has begun…..After Sunday, the Falcons will be 3 games up on crybaby Scam and Carolina, 3 up on Tampa and it's no sportsmanship head coach.
And 4 games up on winless Aints! Who Dat's season in the toilet?!!!!


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Unlike typical conventional insulation Spray Polyurethane Foam demands a thorough understanding of Building Science, manufacturer guidelines, proper application and a knowledgeable experienced installation team. If installed incorrectly or in an improper application spray foam can bring down a home with moisture problems and potential health risks. If installed correctly, spray foam creates a comfortable energy efficient home with a short payback period and will outlive any other insulation alternative.
Our hot humid climate provides many challenges for homeowners who want to insulate the underside of their raised home floors. Major concerns when insulating our floors are the durability and the expected lifetime of the insulation, the over-all thermal ability of it to actually insulate and, as always, moisture concerns. Insulating with fiberglass batting does very little for wind and moisture flow. In fact, it allows wind to flow right through it and may actually hold on to moisture in some cases, depending on how it was installed, resulting in a considerable decrease of R-value.
Without more expensive installation methods that protect the potential lifetime it is expected to last a few years at best... but the cats, rats, and other crawling creatures surely love it while its there and before they accidentally tear it down. Radiant barrier materials are an option but they do very little for insulating, the expected lifetime is short, and if not installed properly can create moisture issues or simply provide minimal gains in efficiency at best.
Whether your house is raised by piers or it conforms more to a vented crawl space all three concerns above apply
There are two general spray foam options available for insulating under our raised houses: open cell (which includes .5lb and 1.0 to 1.2lb hybrid) and closed-cell. To find out which option is better for you lets consider the facts on how vapor travels.
Water vapor is water in an invisible gaseous state. Water vapor travels through a process call vapor diffusion. Vapor naturally travels (1) from higher vapor pressure to lower vapor pressure and (2) from higher temperature to lower temperature. Consider the typical scenario of a house in a hot and humid climate such as Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. As we air-condition our homes we are (1) dehumidifying and (2) cooling. Therefore, through vapor pressure differences and temperature differences water vapor is in a constant state of migration into our homes from the outside. This natural phenomenon of vapor travel is actually more pronounced from underneath our homes do to the greatly increased relative humidity, especially during period of excessive rainfall.
Air pressure differences will also result in water vapor travel. Houses typically exist in a state of depressurization and are pulling moisture-laden air inward through leaks in its envelope. Leaky duct-work and stack affect (which is more pronounced with raised houses) are two major reasons for contributing to these pressure differences which make up a great deal of moisture coming into the home from the crawl space.
Although open cell spray foam is a very effective insulation and a more economical alternative to closed-cell spray foam in many residential cases the fact is it is not to be installed in any exterior application and in areas with high vapor pressure, especially under our homes. Why should we NOT install open cell foam under our raised homes?
First, here is what almost every other spray foam contractor is not going to tell you. Locally, it has only been since the inception of EnviroGreen that other foam contractors began to realize that they've been doing it wrong or that homeowners were beginning to realize that they were being misinformed. When you purchase insulation from a spray foam contractor you are not buying a product that "we" make. We purchase the material we spray from a manufacturer or from a distributing company that sells for the manufacturer. All the colorful names that we come up with to market ourselves can really confuse homeowners at times. All spray foam manufacturer data sheets and specification literature disclose the fact that open cell is not to be used for exterior application or make indirect reference to this fact by stating international building codes.
"But why is open cell not an exterior-approved and rated insulation product?" This question leads us to explain numbers 2 and 3 above.
Let's consider building codes. We require a water plain and vapor barrier (vapor diffuser retarder to be exact which has a perm rating <1) over our exterior walls and roofing. Of course there should be vapor control under our homes, especially considering the high relative humidity under these structures versus the area around the house. But, as usual, building codes walk slowly to catch up with building science and laws of physics. If we were to put open cell under our homes we would first have no protection against it from getting wet. Is this a big deal? Yes, ask our local competing spray foam company sales people if you should put open cell in an exterior wall cavity of an old New Orleans wood-sided house that has no water barrier. Most will have at least enough knowledge of building science and potentially-occurring water problems to say that this is a "no no." So, why under the floor? Just as open cell should not go in an exterior wall without a water plain and vapor barrier it must not go under the floor.
Now let's consider the vapor problems, especially in our hot humid Climate Zone 2 and underneath our homes. Reading the above statements and the scientific literature that we provide we know that vapor is constantly moving into our raised homes from below. Relative humidity increases by 2.2% for every 1 degree in temperature drop. A typical scenario of our pier and beam homes is illustrated below courtesy of our Louisiana Department of Natural Resources 2009 Builders Guide.
Not only does the ground act as a sponge for water but it also remains at a relatively constant temperature equal to that of the average outside temperature. As we vent our open crawl spaces or simply leave our sub-floors exposed to these high relative humidity conditions we are increasing the rate of vapor travel through our beautiful polyurethane coated solid wood floors and into our homes. One problem with this is that without the vapor protection the central air-conditioning system is being forced to "work" harder attributing so many of its btu's of cooling to simply trying to keep up with the additional latent heat load (moisture) from below. Building science already recognizes that even our most energy efficient homes located in the hot/humid south usually require additional de-humidification that our traditional single stage AC systems just can't provide. The second problem is that if we use a permeable insulation, such as open cell spray foam, this vapor passes right through it on its way to trying to get into the house where simple laws of vapor travel state it shall go... its cooler inside and the relative humidity is much less than underneath the house. With a perm rating of approximately 16 per 3 inches of open cell foam those little gaseous water molecules have no problem moving right through the insulation and into our beautiful polyurethane-coated wood flooring.
"Into our polyurethane-coated wood flooring," is where we can really mess up the house now. One, if we really want to create an energy efficient floor than stopping or retarding vapor movement into our homes is obviously just as important as is stopping it from coming in anywhere else. Secondly, and most importantly, spraying open cell under this type of flooring is putting the "health" of our home at a greater risk of wood rot, mold, and certainly buckling! The polyurethane coatings typically applied to our hardwood flooring become a vapor barrier. These water molecules, in a gaseous form, move right through the open cell and into the wood flooring. Having no where else to go this vapor may therefore accumulate and condense in our polyurethane-coated wood flooring (like condensation on a glass of iced tea), resulting in buckling.
And finally, open cell provides no structural integrity to the under-side of the home and does very little for keeping out the critters. Although the most vicious rats and other creatures do have the ability to eat through closed-cell the fact is that they can not create a nest in it as they easily can with open cell.
So what is the solution? Closed cell foam at a 2" inch average thickness creates a code approved vapor barrier (vapor diffuser retarder, Perm <1) which retards the vapor flow and potential condensing of moisture between the sub-floor and the insulation or in the actual wood flooring itself. So many companies quote 1 inch or "1.5 to 2 inches" to display lower prices on bids and/or because they can get more coverage area out of it. This means its right for the contractor (if a quick profit margin is the motive) but may not be right for the homeowner. Few closed-cell foams do create a vapor barrier at less than two inches, most do not. To be on the safe side it may be worth simply assuming that 2" is what is required to create a perm rating of <1 and therefore meets vapor diffuser retarder characteristics. Even if we meet vapor retarder characteristics at an inch or so it is certainly worth the additional R-value that comes with a full two inches and 2 inches equals an R-13 insulation value which meets building code. Also, the closed cell foam MUST use a Honeywell 245fa blowing agent. If it is a water-blown closed-cell foam the perm rating may, depending on manufacturer, come closer to that of open cell and you run back into the open cell issues. Many clients ask us, "How do we know which one we're getting?" The fact is, unfortunately, that you have to rely on the honesty and knowledge of the spray foam contractor. Only experienced spray foam contractors will be able to tell which product it is once it is installed.
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Business Ideas in the News / May 18, 2004
NY Times: "Silicon Valley is littered with hundreds of former start-ups trapped inside larger technology companies that are no longer happy with the ventures they snapped up in the acquisitions frenzy of the 1990′s. Now a pair of Silicon Valley-based venture capitalists have opened an unusual $250 million fund intended to buy and rehabilitate such companies, which Terry Garnett, one of the two founders, calls 'the orphaned and the unloved.'"
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Gary blogged earlier about a Financial Times article on clickfraud. Here's a related one from CNN, inspired by Google CFO George Reyes telling an investor conference recently, "I think something has to be done about this really, really quickly, because I think, potentially, it threatens our business model." For more, see Google CFO: Fraud a big threat.
Reyes later comments accurately that clickfraud is not just a Google problem. Others such at Yahoo, eBay and Amazon also are impacted. But as for a solution, nothing was offered.
Jessie Stricchiola, one of our regular speakers at Search Engine Strategies on the topic, is quoted saying the search engines aren't doing enough about the problem -- and she says despite the refunds Google issues, they are the most "stubborn" and "least willing" to work with advertisers.
For more on the topic, see also my past blog post Clickfraud: Whose Problem, FTC, Search Engines Or Advertisers?. FYI, our Auditing Paid Listings & Clickfraud Issues panel returns to Search Engine Strategies next week in Chicago. Once again, both Google and Overture have declined to take part.
The Original Search Marketing Event is Back!
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The Evolution and Utilization of the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism
AbstractThis paper attempts to study the usage of the GATT/WTO dispute settlement mechanism and to explain its patterns across different regimes and decades, using a unified theoretical model. This study first explores the role of the degree of legal controversy over a panel ruling in determining countries' incentives to block/appeal a panel report under the GATT/WTO regime. The model is able to explain the surge in blocking incidence during the 1980s over the preceding GATT years and the immense frequency at which the new appellate procedure under the WTO is invoked. Furthermore, a two-sided asymmetric information framework is used to study the effects of political power on countries' incentives to use, and interactions in using, the GATT/WTO dispute settlement mechanism. It is shown that the magnitude of the political cost relative to the potential benefit that the complainant stands to gain when using this mechanism determines the pattern of filing activity and the frequency of various procedural outcomes. This result, when confronted with the statistics on disputes in different decades of the GATT regime, provides us an indicator of how well the dispute procedure has worked during various decades, in terms of how much this procedure has been subject to potential power politics.
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- Pao-li Chang, 2007. "The Evolution and Utilization of the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism," Trade Working Papers 22062, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.
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Rectory CofE Primary School
Rectory Road
North Ashton
Phone:01744 678470
Headteacher: Mrs Janet Prowse
Diocese of Liverpool
162 pupils, Mixed
|Unique Reference Number
|Local Authority
|St Helens
|Inspection number
|Inspection dates
|21–22 January 2009
|Reporting inspector
|Eithne Proffitt
This inspection of the school was carried out under section 5 of the Education Act 2005.
The registered childcare, managed by the governing body, was inspected under section 49 of the Childcare Act 2006.
|Type of school
|School category
|Voluntary aided
|Age range of pupils
|Gender of pupils
|Number on roll
|School (total)
|Appropriate authority
|The governing body
|Mr T Narayanan
|Mrs Janet Prowse
|Date of previous school inspection
|15 May 2006
Date of previous funded early education
|Not previously inspected
|Date of previous childcare inspection
|Not previously inspected
|School address
|Rectory Road
|North Ashton, Ashton-in-Makerfield
|Wigan, Lancashire WN4 0QF
|Telephone number
|01744 678470
|Fax number
|01744 678475
|Age group
|Inspection dates
|21–22 January 2009
|Inspection number
© Crown copyright 2009
Website: ofsted.gov.uk
The inspection was carried out by two Additional Inspectors.
This is a smaller than average school. The majority of its pupils live locally in an area that varies in its levels of social and economic challenge. Almost all pupils are of White British heritage and none of the few pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds require additional support with speaking or understanding English. The school's Early Year's and Foundation Stage (EYFS) comprises nursery and Reception classes. The number of pupils eligible for free school meals is above average. The percentage having learning difficulties and/or disabilities is high. The school has recently established a resource base for pupils with autistic spectrum disorder. The school has attained a range of external awards including the Basic Skills Award, Investors in People, National Healthy Schools Award, Activemark, St. Helen's Quality Mark for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and has met the Financial Management Standard in Schools.
There is a breakfast and after school club on the school site and this was inspected separately.
|Grade 1
|Grade 2
|Grade 3
|Grade 4
Overall effectiveness of the school
Grade: 2
This is a good school where every adult works tirelessly to ensure that pupils achieve their very best. It successfully fulfils its mission of 'inspiring, educating, developing'. The school knows well its strengths and areas for development and, as a result, successfully helps pupils to develop good personal skills and make good progress throughout the school.
Throughout the school, while standards have fluctuated in both key stages, school tracking information and inspection evidence shows that pupils make good progress and achieve well. Children enter the EYFS with skills and knowledge that are well below those typical for their age. Good teaching in a well planned, stimulating, child-centred setting gets progress off to a good start. Children enter Year 1 having gained many skills, although they still have some ground to make up in their learning. Good quality teaching and learning, backed by well focused action by the school's leadership, ensure that pupils continue to make good progress in Key Stages 1 and 2. Focused support for pupils who find school challenging is having a positive impact on their learning. Standards in Key Stage 1 steadily increased for three years to broadly average in 2007 although they fell back in 2008. The provisional test results in 2008 for Key Stage 2 indicate a substantial rise in standards, particularly in English and mathematics. Science results dipped from the previous year because pupils do not have enough opportunities to develop or apply their scientific knowledge through practical tasks.
Relationships within the school are strong and most pupils' behaviour is commendable. The small minority of pupils who struggle with their behaviour are supported effectively through the well established support systems. Pupils with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, including those with autistic spectrum disorders, are welcomed with open arms into this inclusive school and they make good progress alongside their peers. Attendance is satisfactory and the number of pupils who are persistently absent is very low. Pupils enjoy school and feel safe. They say that adults will always listen to their concerns whether social, emotional or academic. They have a very clear understanding of what bullying means and are confident that any form of abuse is dealt with swiftly. Pupils develop mature attitudes to diet, exercise and the issues surrounding substance abuse. By the time they leave the school they are self-assured young people, confident about moving on to the next stage of their education.
Teachers plan lessons very well and generally provide pupils work that meets their needs and challenges their thinking skills. All pupils have a keen understanding of their targets, and teachers' marking helps pupils to know how well they are doing and how to improve their work. There are some strong elements developing in the curriculum, such as the topics and themed weeks, for example the successful Home Front Week that embraced the local community, which make links between subjects that extend pupils' skills, knowledge and understanding. However, in classes where pupils can spend two years, the curriculum organisation means that older pupils sometimes repeat the same learning in the core subjects, which limits their progress. Also, whilst there is an appropriate emphasis on literacy and numeracy, there are, at present, limited opportunities for pupils to apply or extend their writing skills across different subjects. The curriculum overall is satisfactory.
The continual drive for school improvement is always on the headteacher's agenda and, with the able support of the deputy headteacher, a cohesive staff team and perceptive governance, the school is successfully moving forward. All members of the school community have taken an active role in the appraisal of its strengths and areas for development, resulting in a comprehensive plan for future action. This, coupled with a clear focus on raising standards and the improvements made in pupils' progress, demonstrates that the school has a good capacity to improve.
Effectiveness of the Early Years Foundation Stage
Grade: 2
When they first join the EYFS, the majority of children have skills well below those expected, especially in language and communication, and their social interaction. The family-friendly induction procedures and wealth of enticing activities ensure that, from the first moment, children feel happy and secure. Staff have a keen understanding of early years' education and the setting fully reflects the ethos of child-centred learning and development. The manager is not afraid to 'think outside the box' and take risks to provide exciting and engaging experiences, indoors and outdoors that motivate all the children, including the most reluctant learners. As a result, the children have fun and do well in their learning. Planning, though not yet reflecting the recently introduced long-term requirements, is focused on children's different needs and interests. Assessment of children's progress is firmly rooted in observations, and this valuable information guides the next steps for the provision. When the children leave the EYFS at the end of Reception, they have made good progress even though their skills are mostly below those expected for their age. The manager organises transition very well, ensuring a seamless move into Year 1. The setting meets the new legal welfare requirements for the EYFS. Comments such as 'My child has made huge strides in his progress,' and, 'Teaching is excellent and the care the children receive is reassuring for parents,' typify the parents' appreciation of the setting.
Achievement and standards
Grade: 2
Pupils enter Year 1 with skills below expectations and make good progress throughout the school. Test results at the end of Year 2 rose steadily between 2004 and 2007 to broadly in line with the national average. They fell back slightly in 2008 because of the lower starting points of a high proportion of pupils in the cohort. Assessment and tracking data show that the school's swift response to the 2008 results, including focused intervention for current Year 2 pupils and additional support for those now in Year 3, is having a positive effect. Pupils are making good progress and working at levels closer to the national average.
Standards at the end of Key Stage 2 have varied from year to year. Provisional test outcomes for 2008 and school data show significant improvements over 2007. In 2008, in English and mathematics, overall levels of attainment were broadly in line with expectations for pupils' age but in science were below largely due to pupils' lack of practical experiences. The number of pupils attaining higher levels in mathematics exceeded both the school's and national expectations, representing significant progress for these pupils. A culture of focused target setting and teaching, alongside additional support and intervention, has resulted in accelerated progress for pupils. Current pupils across Key Stage 2, including those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, are making good progress.
Personal development and well-being
Grade: 2
Pupils really enjoy school and are very proud of their achievements. Their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good. Attendance is generally in line with national averages but is lower this term due to illness. Most pupils behave well in and around school. The small minority of pupils who require behaviour support respond well to the school's consistently applied approach. Pupils clearly understand the benefits of adopting a healthy lifestyle. The 'wake-up, shake-up' sessions are proving popular and help prepare pupils for the day ahead. Pupils have a good awareness of safe practices and the dangers of substance abuse. Even the very youngest pupils say they feel safe in school and appreciate events such as Anti-Bullying Week. They can name an adult to whom they would turn if they felt uneasy and have a mature understanding of what exactly bullying is. They are aware of cyber-bullying and the dangers associated with the Internet. The school council organises fundraising events for charities at home and abroad. Its members are especially proud of the herd of goats they bought for a village in Bangladesh. The School prepares pupils for their future economic well-being through good teaching of the basic skills. However, there are insufficient opportunities for links with business and industry through which pupils could learn more about skills in the workplace.
Quality of provision
Teaching and learning
Grade: 2
Secure relationships generate positive attitudes to learning across the school. Teachers plan lessons well, with a clear focus on what pupils need to learn. The best teaching is characterised by good classroom organization, effective management of pupils' behaviour, secure knowledge of what pupils can do and what they need to do next, well-paced teaching and stimulating and interesting activities. These are all carefully matched to most pupils' needs and teachers use focused questioning well to probe and extend pupils' understanding. Teachers work hard to engage and sustain pupils' interest. Pupils are keen to learn and are excited by activities that provide hands-on, practical experiences. In science, however, teachers often play safe and use worksheets that restrict opportunities for writing across the curriculum and limit pupils' experiences of active investigation. Teachers focus their planning and assessment on setting progressive targets that all pupils, even the very youngest, are able to identify. Marking is mostly helpful and supportive, clearly pointing out what has been done well and what needs to be done better. The valuable work of the teaching assistants is greatly appreciated by teachers and pupils, especially those pupils who find learning difficult. This extra help ensures that pupils make the most of their lessons and progress equally well.
Curriculum and other activities
Grade: 3
The curriculum is successful in meeting the needs of most pupils and very successful in promoting their personal development. The school places an appropriate emphasis on developing pupils' basic skills in literacy, numeracy, and information and communication technology. However, curriculum organisation in the mixed-age classes sometimes leads to pupils repeating work that they have done before. Pupils in Key Stage 2 learn French and have the opportunity to play a musical instrument, adding effectively to their cultural development and to the international dimension of their learning. Within this enriched curriculum, however, there are currently limited opportunities for pupils to extend their writing across other subjects or to carry out and independently record hands-on investigative experiments in science. Pupils clearly enjoy the developing creative curriculum and speak enthusiastically about learning through themed weeks that make learning real and fire their imaginations. Personal, social and emotional development is a strength of the curriculum and particularly supports the needs of vulnerable groups, especially those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, including autistic spectrum disorder. The good range of extra-curricular activities that extends pupils' interests and talents has been rewarded through the many external awards received by the school.
Care, guidance and support
Grade: 2
Inclusion is at the forefront of the school's mission and a strength of its provision. All adults know pupils well and are committed to providing high levels of care. They respond sensitively to the particular needs of those with more profound challenges. Procedures for safeguarding pupils are in place and risk assessments are robust. Well established and utilised systems track pupils' academic progress through the school. Pupils know their own targets and through these many have a clear understanding of what level they are at and where they need to move to next. 'Teachers write down what you need to do to achieve the next level,' was a typical pupil comment. The majority of parents are supportive of the school. 'Staff are all very approachable and have a caring attitude to all the children,' typifies the views of many parents. However, a significant minority understandably expressed concerns over pupils' learning in mixed-age classes, making comments such as, 'It appears that literacy and numeracy objectives may have been repeated.'
Leadership and management
Grade: 2
A relentless drive for improvement, spearheaded by the headteacher, has been the motivating force behind the school's recent success in raising standards and assuring good progress. The culture of continual monitoring, evaluating and taking action to secure improvements is shared by staff at all levels. Expectations are high, and challenging target setting and tracking of pupils' progress have contributed to the improvements that the school now celebrates. All adults are involved in, and contribute to, self-evaluation and know the school well. Their contributions feed into the school improvement plan that is firmly rooted in raising standards and achievement. There is a particularly successful system of devolved leadership within the school whereby all teachers are fully aware of school priorities, responsible for actioning them and accountable to governors for their success. Community cohesion is good. The school works hard to embrace the local community and forges effective and supportive links beyond the immediate area that are beginning to enhance and develop pupils' awareness of their place in society. Governance is strong with high expectations for pupils' futures and equality of opportunity challenging the school to provide and generate the very best possible outcomes for all.
|Any complaints about the inspection or the report should be made following the procedures set out in the guidance 'Complaining about inspections', which is available from Ofsted's website: ofsted.gov.uk.
|Key to judgements: grade 1 is outstanding, grade 2 good, grade 3 satisfactory, and grade 4 inadequate.
|School Overall
|How effective,efficient and inclusive is the provision of education,integrated care and any extended services in meeting the needs of learners?
|Effective steps have been taken to promote improvement since the last inspection
|How well does the school work in partnership with others to promote learners' well-being?
|The capacity to make any necessary improvements
|How effective is the provision in meeting the needs of children in the EYFS?
|How well do children in the EYFS achieve?
|How good is the overall personal development and well-being of the children?
|How effectively are children in the EYFS helped to learn and develop?
|How effectively is the welfare of children in the EYFS promoted?
|How effectively is provision in the EYFS led and managed?
|How well do learners achieve?
|The standards¹ reached by learners
|How well learners make progress, taking account of any significant variations between groups of learners
|How well learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities make progress
|How good are the overall personal development and well-being of the learners?
|The extent of learners' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
|The extent to which learners adopt healthy lifestyles
|The extent to which learners adopt safe practices
|The extent to which learners enjoy their education
|The attendance of learners
|The behaviour of learners
|The extent to which learners make a positive contribution to the community
|How well learners develop workplace and other skills that will contribute to their future economic well-being
|How effective are teaching and learning in meeting the full range of learners' needs?
|How well do the curriculum and other activities meet the range of needs and interests of learners?
|How well are learners cared for, guided and supported?
|How effective are leadership and management in raising achievement and supporting all learners?
|How effectively leaders and managers at all levels set clear direction leading to improvement and promote high quality of care and education
|How effectively leaders and managers use challenging targets to raise standards
|The effectiveness of the school's self-evaluation
|How well equality of opportunity is promoted and discrimination eliminated
|How well does the school contribute to community cohesion?
|How effectively and efficiently resources, including staff, are deployed to achieve value for money
|The extent to which governors and other supervisory boards discharge their responsibilities
|Do procedures for safeguarding learners meet current government requirements?
|Does this school require special measures?
|Does this school require a notice to improve?
Thank you for the warm welcome you gave me and my colleague when we visited to inspect your school. We enjoyed talking with you and listening to what you had to say. We agree with you when you say yours is a good school. We know many of your parents and carers agree with this too.
These are the main things we found out when we inspected the school.
To help your school stay as good and successful as it is we have asked your
headteacher, teachers and governors to do the following.
You too can help by continuing to be the best that you can be!
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