Beatrix Potter Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage settle quickly and are taught well. As a result they make good progress and are well prepared for work in Year 1.

Most pupils make good progress throughout the school particularly in reading and mathematics. By the end of Key Stage 2, standards are in line with national averages in writing and above in reading and mathematics. Disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs receive excellent support and make outstanding progress.

Senior and subject leaders support the headteacher well in improving the quality of teaching and pupils' achievement. Governors provide excellent support ...to the school and have been very effective in ensuring the school continues to improve. Pupils have exemplary behaviour which contributes strongly to the progress they make in lessons.

They love learning and enjoy coming to school. They say they feel safe in the school. Procedures and arrangements for safeguarding and keeping pupils safe are excellent.

The school provides a wide range of experiences in the curriculum. This promotes pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development outstandingly well. Parents and carers are highly positive about all that the school provides.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : The achievement of boys in writing is not high enough because teachers do not challenge them sufficiently. Gaps in attainment between disadvantaged pupils and other pupils remain in the school in reading and writing. Marking does not provide enough opportunities for pupils to respond to the guidance from teachers.

Information about this school

This school is larger than the average sized primary school. The majority of pupils who attend are of White British heritage though the proportion of pupils of minority ethnic heritage is above the national average. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is below the national average.

An average proportion of the school's pupils are disabled or have special educational needs. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium is below that found nationally. This is additional government funding to give extra support to those pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and to children who are looked after.

The school has part-time Nursery provision within the Early Years Foundation Stage. Reception children attend full time. A larger-than-average proportion of pupils join or leave the school other than at usual times.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum levels expected for pupils' attainment and progress. There is a breakfast club and after-school club on site but this is managed and inspected separately. The school holds the International Schools Award awarded by the British Council.

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