Haydn Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school. The school's outstanding improvement since the last inspection is due to the exceptionally skilled joint headteachers, the very effective senior leadership team and to high-quality teaching. In reading, writing and mathematics, pupils' attainment at the end of Year 6 is much higher than that found in most schools nationally.

This shows outstanding progress from their starting points when joining the school. Much of the teaching over time is outstanding in all key stages and in most subjects. Teachers plan and teach lessons that enable pupils to learn exceptionally well across the subjects taught.

Teachers have high expectations o...f all pupils. They use imaginative and innovative methods, which capture pupils' interests and enthusiasm. As a result, all pupils make excellent progress and their achievement is outstanding.

Rigorous systems to check the quality of teaching by the senior leadership team mean that all teachers know what they do well and what needs improving to make sure that all pupils' needs are fully met. Leaders, governors and staff have secured excellence in nearly every aspect of the school's work since the previous inspection, including teaching and achievement. Pupils' behaviour is excellent.

They are polite, caring and courteous, and they show great respect for all members of the school community. Pupils say they feel very safe and they are very well cared for. The subjects taught and very caring environment promote pupils' excellent spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

The outdoor provision for younger pupils has improved since the last inspection. This has enhanced their physical well-being and has helped to consolidate their excellent progress.

Information about this school

Haydn Primary is larger than the average-sized primary school.

It is a two-form entry school with two classes in each year group from Nursery to Year 6. The Early Years Foundation Stage children are taught in a separate Nursery unit and a double Reception class. Pupils come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and over one third of the pupils speak English as an additional language, with an increasing number at an early stage of learning English in the younger age groups.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported at school action is below average, as is the proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium (the additional funding allocated by the government for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals) is lower than average. Haydn Primary School meets the government's current floor standard, which is the minimum expected for pupils' attainment and progress.

In 2013, the governors appointed a new head of school to take charge when the headteachers are not in school, a new leader of the Early Years Foundation Stage and a new special educational needs coordinator. In addition, two new teachers also started at the school in January and September 2013 respectively. There is an out-of-school care association on the school site that is not managed by the governing body and did not form part of this inspection.

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