Bilton Community Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher has high expectations of pupils and staff. As a result, pupils' outcomes and the quality of teaching have improved since the previous inspection and are now good.

Governors know the school's strengths and areas to improve very well. They challenge leaders effectively. Teachers plan interesting tasks that motivate and engage the pupils well.

Pupils enjoy school, say they are safe and their attitudes to learning are good. Teaching assistants are highly skilled and support pupils' good learning in class and in small groups outside the classroom. Outdoor learning provides strong opportunities for pupils to cooperate well toget...her and use a range of skills to solve problems.

Leaders promote the school's values of respect, care and honesty particularly well. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is a strength of the school. Children make exceptional progress in the early years because of the high-quality teaching and support they receive.

Systems for checking teachers' performance are good. Over time, astute use of targeted training from the local authority and an outstanding school has strengthened teaching so that it is now good. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Occasionally, questioning is not skilful enough to deepen the learning of all groups of pupils.

There are times when teachers do not adjust the pace of learning sufficiently well to ensure pupils are making strong progress. The attendance of disadvantaged pupils is below average. Subject leaders have not ensured there are enough opportunities for pupils to write at length in key stage 2 to strengthen progress further.

Information about this school

The school is an average-sized primary school. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported through the pupil premium is below average. The pupil premium is additional funding for those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those children who are looked after by the local authority.

The vast majority of pupils are White British. Almost all pupils speak English as their first language. The proportion of pupils who have support for special educational needs or disability is well below average.

The proportion of pupils with a statement of special educational needs or an education, health and care plan is above average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6. The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website.

Children in the early years receive part-time education in the Nursery. In Reception, they receive full-time education. The school organises an after-school club from 3:30pm to 5:25pm.

There have been significant changes in staffing since the previous inspection. The school received support from a national leader of education, his outstanding school, Molescroft Primary School, and the teaching school alliance he organises. The support was intended to strengthen the school's work in reading, work with pupils who might be falling behind and in checking the quality of teaching.