Emmanuel Church of England Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Pupils are aspirational.

The behaviour and personal development of pupils are outstanding. Pupils are resilient and eager to know how to improve. This is because all teachers reinforce positive attitudes to learning.

School leaders are caring and have high expectations, creating a culture that enables everyone to excel. This is reflected in the outstanding personal development, behaviour and welfare, strong curriculum and strong special needs provision in the school. Overall, pupils attain well across a range of subjects, including English and mathematics.

They perform especially well in reading. There is some variability between... the performance of boys and girls across the school. The curriculum in the early years is strong, and standards there are rising.

The broad and rich curriculum, which includes spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC), is a strength of the school. Governors have a good understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the school and hold leaders to account. Rates of progress in writing in key stage 2 have been below national average for the past three years.

The proportion of pupils who reach the expected and higher standards in all subjects in key stage 1 is above average. The provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is a strength of the school. School is very highly regarded in the community.

In 2018, 90% of pupils achieved the expected standard in phonics.

Information about this school

At the time of the last inspection there were 105 pupils on roll. Due to expansion, the number on roll is 266.

Emmanuel is now an average-sized primary school. Just under a half of pupils are from a White British heritage. Other pupils are from a variety of other ethnic heritages, including those from other White backgrounds and Asian or Asian British.

Just under half of pupils speak English as an additional language. This is well above the national average. 16.

3% of pupils are known to be eligible for the pupil premium. The proportion of pupils who have an education, health and care plan or statement is well above the national average. The proportion of pupils who receive special needs support is well below the national average.