Brabins Endowed School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school.

Pupils are making exceptional progress and are achieving very high standards by the time they leave school. Pupils' behaviour is excellent. They are confident, articulate and happy at school.

Their manners and conduct are commendable. Teaching is at least consistently good and often outstanding. Pupils enjoy all lessons and strive to achieve in all areas.

Teachers develop not only the academic skills but also the creative and community spirit of the pupils exceptionally well. In the best lessons teachers allow time for pupils to respond to marking and to make corrections and improvements to their work. This good practice... is not yet fully consistent.

Pupils who have special educational needs make progress at least equal to that of their peers and quickly close any gaps in their attainment. Leaders and managers have secured improvements in the quality of teaching and learning and in the levels of pupils' achievement through innovative, well-targeted actions. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is well provided for, and the school holds national awards for its coverage of environmental, international and health topics.

Governors are well-informed, have high expectations and manage finance and staffing well.

Information about this school

The school is much smaller than the average-sized primary school. There were no pupils known to be eligible for free school meals or the pupil premium at the time of the inspection.

The proportions of pupils supported by school action, school action plus and those with statements of special educational needs are all lower than the national average. There were no pupils for whom English is an additional language, and a very small proportion who describe their heritage as minority ethnic. The school meets the current government floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics at the end of Year 6.