Newbold Verdon Primary School

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About Newbold Verdon Primary School


Name Newbold Verdon Primary School
Inspections
Ofsted Inspections
Headteacher Mrs Lucy Collins
Address Dragon Lane, Newbold Verdon, Leicester, LE9 9NG
Phone Number 01455822362
Phase Primary
Type Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religious Character Does not apply
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 232
Local Authority Leicestershire
Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher provides strong leadership and has secured significant improvements since the last inspection. A team of dedicated staff shares her ambition for the school.

Weaknesses identified at the previous inspection have been tackled with rigour and success. Teaching and pupils' outcomes have improved. The governing body is well informed.

Governors provide a level of challenge and support that has helped the school to improve. Subject leaders provide a supporting role in strengthening the quality of teaching, learning and assessment. Pupils make good progress in reading, writing and mathematics from their different starting points.<...br/>
This includes the most able pupils, those who are disadvantaged and pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Teachers are increasingly planning work that is matched to the needs of different pupils. However, this is not as effective for the lower attaining pupils.

Consequently, these pupils do not always make the same progress as others in the school. The specialist provision (in the unit) is inviting and meets pupils' needs very well. Pupils in the unit make good progress from their starting points.

The school is a calm and orderly environment where pupils behave well. Pupils show consideration and respect towards adults and each other. They have positive attitudes to learning.

Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and understanding of British values are embedded in their daily routine. Pupils are well prepared for life in modern Britain. Children make good progress in the early years.

This is especially true in Reception. The newer Nursery provision has yet to replicate the same high standard. Leaders track and support the work of adults in the school well.

The quality of teaching, learning and assessment is now typically good. However, this support is not as targeted as it could be to help teachers improve at an individual level. Leaders provide a wide range of additional support for pupils who fall behind.

This work is not monitored by leaders or evaluated by governors sufficiently well to know which provisions are having the most beneficial effects on outcomes. Leaders and governors are not ensuring that the information published on the school's website is up to date.

Information about this school

The school does not meet requirements on the publication of information about the percentage of pupils who achieved the combined higher standard in reading, writing and mathematics, or on up-to-date admission arrangements, on its website.

Newbold Verdon is smaller than the average-sized primary school. There is one class in each year, including Nursery and Reception. There are also three classes in the unit.

There have been a number of staffing changes since the last inspection. The vast majority of the pupils are White British. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is very small.

The proportion of disadvantaged pupils, supported by the pupil premium, is below average. The proportion of pupils supported by the school who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is below average. The proportion with a statement of special educational needs or an education, health and care plan is well above average.

The school operates a specialist resourced provision, 'the unit', for pupils who have autism spectrum disorder. The unit is managed by the school on behalf of the local authority. It takes its pupils from all over the local authority area.

Currently, 24 pupils, from Reception to Year 6, attend the unit. All these pupils have a statement of special educational needs or an education, health and care plan. In 2015, the school met the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6.


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