Education watchdog Ofsted has increased the rating of a junior school, after seeing improvements since their last inspection.

Theydon Bois Primary School has moved up in the Ofsted inspectorate marking boundary from satisfactory, to good.

The school was inspected on January 22 and 23, and was deemed to be exceeding expectations, based on the last report.

Headmistress of the school, Mrs Bonds, said that staff and pupils at the school are pleased with the news.

She said: “We are all delighted and feel as though the report is a fair reflection of our school.”

The latest report suggests that the school, which is above average size for a primary, has high expectations from children.

It is also stated that in some years the standard of teaching is outstanding, and that pupils have a good regard for rules, and show respect to their teachers and peers.

Joint chair of the PTA, Nik O’Flynn, says that she never understood why the school had been awarded the satisfactory banding.

She said: “Everybody in the village is really pleased because we think it is a good school.

“My child has always been really happy there so I cannot understand why it was only rated satisfactory.

“It has finally got the recognition that it deserves.”

Three inspectors visited the school and based their report on 23 lessons, as well as interactions with both staff and pupils.

As a result of their observations, they found that the school must still improve in certain areas before it is graded outstanding.

Measures such as clearer guidance on how to improve pupils’ writing, placing a greater emphasis on grammar, and simplifying methods of recording pupil’s progress, must improve, for the school to be given the highest Ofsted grading.