A PRIMARY school in west Oxfordshire has been rated ‘outstanding’.

Under Ofsted’s new, tougher inspection framework, Enstone Primary School, near Chipping Norton, was given the highest rating.

Leadership, pupils’ behaviour and the school’s creative curriculum were all praised.

Headteacher Lindsay Daulton said she was “absolutely over the moon” as the school was rated only ‘good’ in its last report.

She said: “We have worked really, really hard to move the school from good to outstanding.

“We really feel every child matters and you’ve got to provide for every child and develop their potential in whatever way you can. I firmly believe a happy child is a successful child.”

The school has 18 after-school clubs, in everything from dodgeball to knitting.

Mrs Daulton said: “There’s lots still to be done obviously.

“The one thing that has come out is that our children are not as multiculturally aware as they could be, maybe because of the locale they are born in, and that is something we are actively targeting and will continue to develop.”

The school is currently in the middle of an international week, with activities geared at teaching youngsters about different parts of the world and their cultures.

Of the parents of the 94 children at the school, 59 responded to an Ofsted questionnaire.

All said their children enjoyed school, felt safe there, teaching was good and was preparing their children for the future.

Mum Zoe Lock has two children at the school, Hannah, nine, and Millie, seven.

She said: “It has gone from strength to strength and the headteacher is very good at keeping us informed as to what’s going on and providing after-school activities. My children enjoy school and I’m delighted the school’s strengths have been acknowledged.”

Jo Cooney’s son, Daniel, eight, attends the school and her two daughters, Rachel, 17, and Harriet, 14, are former pupils.

She said: “Since Lindsay’s been there she has brought the standards up and brought more to the school – the teaching has always been outstanding but she has added to everything else.”

There are three nurseries, 22 primaries, four secondaries and five special schools rated as outstanding in Oxfordshire out of 290 state schools.