THE 113-pupil Shap Primary School has been rated good by education watchdog Ofsted.

Inspectors visited the school over a two-day period in July and judged it as good - the second highest level available - in achievement, quality of teaching and leadership and management.

The behaviour and safety of pupils was rated as outstanding.

Lead inspector Peter Evea wrote: "Pupils behave exceptionally well in and out of lessons and impeccably when on visits out of school. They come to school very eager to learn. They are confident, well-rounded and very capable young people who leave the school extremely well prepared for the next step in their education."

He added: "Pupils write well, especially when the subject captures their interest and imagination and there is a real reason for writing. They can adapt their writing styles for different purposes and often write at some length in a range of subjects.

"The marking of pupils’ work and the feedback given to them about how to improve their work are of a high order and pupils routinely respond to suggestions for improvement.

"The school has an effective system for encouraging pupils to behave well that the pupils were involved in designing. Pupils say that they know the expected standards of behaviour and that they expect others to reach the same high standards."