A HEAD teacher was left delighted after Ofsted judged his school to be “good”.

The Government’s education watchdog inspected Woodside Academy, in Grangewood Avenue, Grays, last month and gave it the thumbs-up in all areas.

The report challenged the school to become outstanding by setting more-able pupils slightly harder tasks.

Ed Caines, principal at the primary school, said: “We are extremely pleased to see that, even against the new, much higher standards.

“Ofsted not only judged Woodside as good but recognised our pupils’ outstanding cultural development.

“This is a tribute to our staff and pupils and to everything we have done since becoming an academy.”

Inspectors found that pupils make good progress at the school and praised Mr Caines’s leadership.