Langdale Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher and the chair of the governing body are ambitious for the pupils at Langdale. These recent appointments have helped to improve school performance through more effective leadership. Teaching and outcomes are now good.

Teaching in every year group has improved over the past 12 months. This is the result of effective support and challenge from leaders for teachers. Leadership has good capacity for further improvement.

Subject leaders and other middle leaders are developing skills which support senior leaders well. Leaders and teachers use information about how well pupils are achieving to agree changes in teaching practice. T...his has enabled pupils to make better progress than in previous years, in particular those who need to make more rapid progress in order to reach the standards required.

Pupils who demonstrate that they are capable of attaining higher standards are not challenged as effectively as they could be. Funding is used well to address barriers which pupils face in their learning. This includes work with all disadvantaged pupils and pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Boys now make similar rates of progress to girls. However, they need to make better progress in order to catch up with the girls. Children experience good provision in the early years.

They develop curiosity, and are keen to investigate the topics taught. Pupils are kept safe. Relationships between pupils and staff are strong.

Pupils trust staff and so will discuss any concerns they have with them. Pupils conduct themselves well around school and in lessons. This creates an orderly environment, with lessons rarely disturbed by unwanted behaviour.

Pupils enjoy coming to school, not least because the curriculum interests them. As a result, they attend well. No group of pupils is adversely affected by poor attendance.

Information about this school

Langdale is larger than the average-sized primary school. The chair of the governing body was appointed during the autumn term 2016. The headteacher has been in post for four terms.

Three newly qualified teachers were appointed at the start of this academic year. Pupils are taught in single-age classes in the school. Children attend part time in the Nursery and full time in the Reception Year.

The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds is below average. Approximately 90% of pupils come from a White British background. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported by the pupil premium is below the national average.

The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is below the national average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for attainment and progress by the end of Year 6. The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website.