Spy cameras in classrooms are helping a Bradford school show young pupils the errors of their ways.

The hi-tech CCTV system at Princeville Primary School in Lidget Green enables teachers to play back video to youngsters if they misbehave. "It's a very powerful tool because the children can see what their behaviour looks like to others," said headteacher Peter Steele.

The state-of-the-art cameras, positioned both to monitor classrooms and the playground, are just one feature in a range of technological innovations at the school which has just earned it praise from school watchdog Ofsted.

Princeville also boasts nine interactive electronic whiteboards, which Ofsted says are a strength of the teaching. And the school has chosen to invest in the best new software, including a package called Espresso, full of lesson ideas and activities, and Goal which helps teachers plot individual pupils' progress.

Ofsted reports: "The school makes good use of new technology to support pupils' learning. The nine computerised whiteboards allow pupils to receive, for example, video clips and extracts from recent newspapers and to access the Internet directly in their classroom."

The Ofsted report found the overall quality of teaching was satisfactory. Behaviour and relationships were rated as "good".

Mr Steele said his school had sought to prioritise investment in technology. He believed it had a huge capacity to raise standards.

Demonstrating the system by clicking on the menu projected onto a large whiteboard, he showed how an English lesson could be livened up by showing pupils a video clip of an interview with children's author Anne Fine.

"It has the potential to bring down learning barriers," he said.

In future, he says, parents will be able to log on to the Internet to access details of their child's attendance records and school reports.

A handful of Bradford primary schools had whiteboards and special software packages, but it was unusual for a school to have set up all these developments, said Mr Steele.

Mariam Gogichaisvili and Bilal Baz are pictured using some of the school's technology.