Ashton West End Primary Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Achievement is good. The pupils make good progress across the school from their starting points. All pupils make good progress especially in Key Stage 2.

This is particularly so, for those who have mastered the basics in their additional language. The large majority of pupils enter school with little or no English. All pupils get off to a very good start in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Good teaching promotes good learning in a wide range of subjects across the school. Disabled pupils and those with special educational needs are well supported and this ensures that they make good progress. Attendance has improved and pupils ...are punctual.

Behaviour is good and pupils are respectful, polite and well mannered. Their attitudes to learning are good especially with their homework tasks. Pupils feel very safe in this friendly school.

They learn about and are respectful of different cultures and beliefs. They want to be valuable citizens. The senior leaders and governors work effectively to secure improvements in teaching and pupils' achievement.

The headteacher is effective in promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural aspects of learning. Leaders and managers hold teachers to account for the progress made by pupils in their classes. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Some pupils do not make the rapid progress of which they are capable, especially in writing.

The most able pupils are not always challenged to achieve their very best The teaching in lower Key Stage 2 is not as strong as in the rest of the school. The outstanding practice in teaching is not shared effectively across the school.

Information about this school

Ashton West End Primary School is a much larger than average sized primary school.

The proportion of pupils who are supported by pupil premium funding is above the national average. The pupil premium is additional government funding provided for those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals, children from service families and those children who are looked after by the local authority. The proportion of pupils supported through school action is lower than average.

The proportion of pupils supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is much lower than average. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is significantly above the national average. The school met the government's current floor standards that set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics.