Barton CofE VA Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher has been uncompromising in her efforts to ensure that all pupils fulfil their potential. Working very closely with the governing body, she has ensured rapid improvement in all aspects of the school's work in the last two years. Governors know the school well.

They provide an effective balance of support and challenge to school leaders. Good teaching ensures that pupils make good progress. They are well prepared both socially and academically for the next stage in their education.

Children get off to a good start in the early years. They are taught well and, as a result, make good progress. Outdoor provision is especially s...trong.

At key stages 1 and 2, teachers generally have high expectations of what pupils can achieve. This helps pupils to develop a love of learning. Pupils are great ambassadors for the school.

They are very friendly, sociable and articulate. They behave well and feel very safe. They have very positive attitudes towards their work and are very keen to succeed.

Pupils have good opportunities to develop creativity in art and music. Teachers make good use of visits and visitors to bring subjects alive and to make learning purposeful. The school has a very strong partnership with parents.

They are very positive about all aspects of the school's work and particularly recent improvements. It is not yet an outstanding school because : The teaching of phonics (the link between letters and sounds) is not consistently strong. Across the school, teachers do not always respond quickly enough when pupils are finding work too difficult or too easy.

The headteacher takes on too much responsibility for improving teaching. Middle leaders are not fully involved in this aspect of school improvement. Ofsted_Logo_Black_RGB

Information about this school

This school is smaller than the average-sized primary school with four classes.

The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs or disability is just above average. These pupils are not distributed equally across the school, with the highest proportion being in Years 3 and 6. The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium is below average.

The pupil premium is additional government funding provided to give extra support to looked after children or pupils known to qualify for free school meals Ofsted_Logo_Black_RGB

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