Reinwood Community Junior School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher and deputy headteacher provide high-quality leadership. They are assisted very effectively by leaders at all levels and by an extremely strong governing body.

School leaders work in unison to sustain a strong drive for improvement. Teaching is good. Leaders ensure that it is strengthened further through focused professional development for all staff.

Consequently, an increasing amount of outstanding teaching accelerates pupils' progress, especially in Years 5 and 6. Pupils enjoy school because of the outstanding curriculum and wide range of sporting clubs and activities provided for them. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social a...nd cultural development is strong.

The pupils' respect of each other's differing backgrounds underpins their good understanding of British values. Parents and teachers share a productive partnership that also supports the pupils' above- average attendance. All staff provide high levels of care and welfare.

They sustain a welcoming atmosphere and safeguard pupils effectively. As a result, pupils feel safe and behave well. The pupils' very positive attitudes to learning and relationships with each other and with staff underpin their good progress.

The pupils' good levels of skill, knowledge and understanding prepare them well for their future education. It is not yet an outstanding school because : The school's new assessment system does not always provide leaders with clear enough information to help pupils who find learning difficult make best progress. The handwriting and spelling skills of some lower attaining pupils in Years 3 and 4 need further improvement.

At times, a few pupils are not encouraged to think and learn enough for themselves.

Information about this school

Reinwood Community Junior School is larger than the average-sized primary school. The majority of pupils attending the school are from White British backgrounds.

There are above average proportions of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds and pupils who speak English as an additional language. A below average proportion of pupils has a special educational need or disability. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported by the pupil premium (additional government funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and children who are looked after by the local authority) is above average.

Pupils are taught in single-year, mixed ability classes. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics. An infant and nursery school shares the same site as this school.

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