West Byfleet Junior School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Senior leaders and governors, with effective support from the local authority, have ensured that the school has made great strides forward since the previous inspection. Senior leaders have high expectations and a determined focus on improving teaching and learning.

Team spirit is high amongst staff and they share leaders' ambition to make the school outstanding. School leaders monitor the quality of teaching rigorously and provide effective training for teachers. Teachers follow the school systems closely, for example when marking pupils' work.

Teaching has improved significantly, resulting in good achievement for pupils. Governors know ...how well the school is doing. They provide good support and are tenacious in holding leaders to account.

The school maintains good systems to safeguard children. Pupils feel safe, secure and valued. Pupils make consistently good progress in all years in their learning and attain high standards.

Pupils who have special educational needs or disability are well supported and make good progress. Pupils enjoy coming to school and are proud of their achievements. They willingly take on extra responsibilities, such as being a 'buddy' to younger pupils.

They attend regularly, work hard and behave well. Pupils enjoy a balanced range of subjects, enhanced well by clubs and trips out of school. They have good opportunities to carry out investigations in science.

Music and sport are given a high priority. Pupils develop a good sense of fairness and respect for others. Most parents said the school has improved in most aspects and that teachers were easy to talk to and helpful.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teachers do not always check quickly enough how well pupils are coping, resulting in a few pupils persisting with unsuitable tasks for too long. Pupils do not have enough opportunities to practise and develop their skills in mathematical reasoning. Parents are not receiving important information about events and changes in the school day quickly enough.

Information about this school

The school is larger than the average junior school. It has two classes in each of Years 3 to 6. Most pupils are White British and the remainder come from a wide range of ethnic groups.

The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium (extra government funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals or children who are looked after by the local authority) is below average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is around the national average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics.

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