Upton Heath CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils achieve well. Most pupils make at least expected progress and many make even better progress.

Attainment is above the national average by the end of Year 6. Most teaching is good. Adults give pupils a lot of praise and encouragement.

This motivates them to work very hard and helps them to develop excellent attitudes to learning. Pupils' behaviour has improved and is now outstanding. They show high levels of respect for each other and for adults.

Pupils say they feel very safe in school and that they are looked after very well. Attendance is high and reflects pupils' high levels of enjoyment of school life. The headteacher..., deputy headteacher and governing body provide very strong and determined leadership.

They have been the driving force behind the significant improvements made since the previous inspection. The curriculum is improving. The school provides an increasing range of interesting and enriching activities that develop pupils' talents and their personal and social skills.

Pupils say they particularly enjoy working in teams, outdoors in the school grounds and in the forest area, and taking part in the many sporting and creative activities. It is not yet an outstanding school because : While most teaching is good, there is still some teaching that requires improvement. Work is too easy for more-able pupils in a small number of lessons so they do not always reach their full potential.

Not all marking of pupils' work gives clear enough guidance on how they can improve. Some children, particularly in the Early Years Foundation Stage and pupils in Key Stage 1, make slower progress in writing than they do in in other subjects.

Information about this school

This is a larger than average-sized primary school.

Most pupils are of White British heritage and very few speak English as an additional language. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported at school action, school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is below average. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium funding is below average.

The pupil premium is additional funding for those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals, children from armed service families and those who are looked after by the local authority. Typically about a tenth of the pupils come from armed service families. A larger than average proportion of pupils join and leave the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 at other than the usual times.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. At the time of the last inspection, an Interim Executive Board (IEB) was in place. The governing body took over the governance of the school in January 2013.

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