Longthorpe Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Children get a good start in the Reception classes.

They enjoy a good range of activities that are well planned to develop their skills, both indoors and outside. Pupils make good progress in reading, writing and especially mathematics. Many older pupils are working at a level higher than that expected for their age.

Teaching is typically at least good and some is outstanding. Lessons are interesting and exciting, so pupils are fully involved and very keen to learn. Teachers ask questions in different ways to develop pupils' understanding and help them to think more deeply about what they are learning.

Pupils have plenty of oppo...rtunities to take part in sporting activities, both in lessons and through clubs, to promote their physical well-being. Behaviour is good and pupils show respect to adults and to each other. They understand how to stay safe in different situations and say they feel safe in school.

Leaders and managers understand clearly how to improve the school, and have shown a good ability to raise the quality of teaching and learning. The governors are very supportive, but also challenge leaders about how well pupils are doing though discussions during meetings. The pupils' particularly good spiritual, moral social and cultural education underpins all the school does.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Not enough teaching is outstanding. Just occasionally, the work in lessons is too easy for some more-able pupils. Some subject leaders are new to the role and have not yet fully developed the skills needed to drive improvement in their areas.

Leaders track pupils' progress but do not check it often enough to be sure of quickly identifying any pupils in danger of falling behind. While governors visit the school regularly to check how well it is doing, the visits are not reported to the rest of the governing body.

Information about this school

The school is larger than the average-sized primary school.

The proportion of pupils for whom the school receives the pupil premium, which is additional funding for certain groups such as pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals, have a parent in the armed forces or are in local authority care, is below average. The proportions of pupils from ethnic minority groups and those who speak English as an additional language are above average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is above average.

The proportion supported at school action plus, or with a statement of special educational needs, is below average. The leaders responsible for Reception children and mathematics both took up post in September 2013. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics.

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