All Saints Marsh CofE Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Since the school became an academy, pupils' achievement has steadily improved.

Current pupils are making strong progress in a range of subjects. In particular, pupils, including the most able, are making good progress in reading. The head of academy works in strong partnership with the trust subject leaders to improve teaching.

They make effective use of training and external partnerships to ensure that teaching is good. The whole-school strategy to teach problem solving and reasoning in mathematics is proving successful. Pupils' mathematical skills and knowledge are good.

Disadvantaged pupils receive excellent support that is ta...ilored to their individual needs. As a result, they make good progress. Teaching assistants are highly skilled in their roles.

They provide good support for pupils both in lessons and during small-group work. Children make good progress in the early years. They are stimulated by the rich learning environment and respond to it well.

There is a clear focus on reading. This ensures that children get off to a good start when they join key stage 1. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good.

Pupils are respectful of staff and each other. They are tolerant and have a good understanding of other cultures. Members of the local governance committee are knowledgeable about the school.

This enables them to support and challenge decisions and hold leaders fully to account. They do this especially well in relation to pupils' safety and welfare and the quality of the curriculum. Aspiring leaders are being supported by senior trust leaders to develop the skills needed for their role in ensuring that the quality of teaching is consistently high.

However, they are relatively new in post or inexperienced. As a result, some inconsistencies in the quality of teaching remain. The quality of writing and numeracy that pupils produce in science, history and geography is not as high as it is in English and mathematics.

Pupils who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities are making variable progress.

Information about this school

All Saints Church of England Primary School (Marsh) converted to become an academy school on 1 September 2015. When its predecessor school All Saints Church of England Primary School (Marsh) was last inspected by Ofsted, it was judged to require improvement.

The school is smaller than the average-sized primary school and some pupils are taught in mixed-age classes. There is provision for children in the early years in the Reception class. These children attend full time.

Most pupils are of White British background and very few speak English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils eligible for pupil premium funding is above average. The proportion of pupils who have SEN and/or disabilities is below average.

The proportion of pupils who have SEN and/or disabilities who are supported by an education, health and care plan is well below average. The school meets the government's current floor standards. These set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6.