PUPILS and staff at a village school near Trowbridge are celebrating a glowing Ofsted report.

Keevil School has been praised by inspectors both for its standard of teaching and for the achievements of the pupils.

The report said: "This is a very good and effective school. Standards are above or well above average. Teaching, learning, leadership and management are all very good. The school provides good value for money."

The school has also learnt this week that the Department for Education and Skills has given it a school achievement award, recognising its high standards.

Keevil is a Church of England voluntary aided school with 66 pupils on the school roll, double the number that were at the school when the headteacher, Mo Laycock, started there nine years ago.

Mrs Laycock said: "We have a really good and committed staff here and in a small school there are only so many of you to carry all responsibilities.

"It is very much a team effort and I think that came out in the report."

As well as the staff's team effort, governors and parents are also very much involved in the school.

There is also a school council that allows the pupils themselves to get involved and to put their own ideas forward.

The inspection team discovered that standards at the school are consistently above average in English, maths and science. None of the lessons observed in the course of the inspection were considered unsatisfactory and most achieved a score of good or very good, with one lesson being singled out as excellent.

The behaviour of the children was also praised, along with the classroom management that encourages their good behaviour.

Despite these good academic results it is recognised at the school, where three per cent of pupils have special educational needs, that there is more to education than results.

Mrs Laycock said: "Results depend on the children you have and some children are just not academic. We try and encourage their achievements in other ways, such as sport or music."