Bassingham Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. • Pupils achieve well and they leave the school with standards of English and mathematics that are higher than average. • Teaching is good, with some that is outstanding.

Consequently, pupils, including children in Reception, make good progress across the school. • Pupils' attitudes to learning are very positive and their behaviour is excellent. Their relationships with each other and adults in the school are impressive.

• Leadership and management are good. Senior leaders have effectively maintained the school's notable strengths in pupils' achievement and the quality of teaching since its previous inspection. • Pupils enjoy coming to s...chool and feel very safe.

Their attendance is above average. • An extensive range of extra and interesting activities, such as sport, music and outdoor activities enriches pupils' learning. • The school has strong links with parents and it has their confidence.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : • There is not enough outstanding teaching to speed up progress further, particularly for a few pupils of average or higher ability who could be challenged more. • Teachers do not always ask pupils enough probing questions to check their understanding during lessons. • Some comments in teachers' marking are not precise enough to help pupils improve their work.

• Pupils do not always understand the underlying meaning of the texts they read and they occasionally spell commonly known words inaccurately. • The checks made by senior and subject leaders on teaching and pupils' written work do not focus enough on the progress different groups of pupils make in lessons.

Information about this school

• This is a smaller than average-sized primary school.

It has one full-time class of Reception age pupils. • Almost all pupils are from White British backgrounds. • The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs who are supported through school action is below average, as is the proportion of those who are supported through school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs.

• The proportion of pupil supported by pupil premium funding is below average. This is extra funding provided by the government to support certain groups of pupils. In this school, it applies to pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those of service families.

• The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. • There is a pre-school class on the school site, as well as before and after-school clubs. This provision is not managed by the governing body and was not part of this inspection.

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