Bishops Itchington Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Leaders and managers have an accurate view of the school's effectiveness and are improving the quality of teaching.

Teaching is good. Most staff make good use of assessment information to inform their planning. Pupils have a very positive attitude to their work.

They are very enthusiastic about their learning. Pupils make good progress to reach average standards at the end of Key Stage 2. Children make a good start to their learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage because teachers plan well to meet their needs.

Pupils behave well. Bullying is rare. Pupils feel very safe.

Staff know pupils well and give great emphasi...s to their happiness, well-being and safety. Governors are effective. They are rigorous in their approach, providing both support and challenge to hold the school to account for its performance.

Subject leaders are working well to develop the wider curriculum so that pupils have a broad experience of many subjects. Whole-school topics energize the whole school community by enabling pupils, staff and parents to learn together. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is promoted well and this contributes to the highly positive atmosphere that welcomes and cares for all.

Parents hold the school in high regard and are very positive about the quality of teaching and care. It is not yet an outstanding school because : New subject leaders have not had the opportunity to check the quality of teaching and pupils' progress across their subject areas. Pupils do not always use their knowledge of phonics (the sounds that letters make), spelling and punctuation accurately in their written work.

In some classes, teachers do not expect enough of the least-able pupils to help them make the best possible progress by themselves, particularly in writing. Pupils do not always act on teachers' comments in marking and improve their work.

Information about this school

This school is smaller than the average-sized primary school.

Almost all of the pupils are White British. One pupil in seven is disabled pupils or has special educational needs. This is below the national average.

One pupil in six is supported by the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for disadvantaged pupils. This is below the national average. The Early Years Foundation Stage consists of one full-time Reception Class.

A pre-school shares the same school site but this is not managed by the school's governing body and is subject to separate inspection. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics. The Chair of the Governing Body was elected in September 2014.