Boasley Cross Community Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Boasley Cross is a welcoming school where pupils achieve well. By the end of Year 6 pupils attain above national averages. Pupils do well in developing their reading and writing skills.

Provision for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage is outstanding. Teachers have high expectations about what pupils can achieve. Staff provide good quality care and support, and have warm relationships with pupils.

Pupils enjoy school and this is shown by their high rates of attendance. The school's work to keep pupils safe and secure is good. Pupils' behaviour is good.

The executive headteacher provides good leadership and is w...ell supported by a wealth of staff expertise across the partner schools and within the federation's governing body. By working cooperatively, senior staff and governors within the federation have improved teaching and learning since the previous inspection. The school is well placed to continue to improve even further.

It is not yet an outstanding school because: There is not enough outstanding teaching to ensure that pupils' learning is outstanding, especially in mathematics. Occasionally, teachers do not act quickly enough to support pupils when they find learning difficult or to give them harder tasks when they begin to find work too easy.

Information about this school

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

Most pupils attending the school are of White British heritage. The proportion of pupils entering or leaving the school at other than the normal times is above average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported through school action is below the national average.

The proportion supported by school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is above average. These proportions vary significantly from year to year. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium is below that found nationally.

Pupil premium provides additional funding for children in local authority care, children from service families and those known to be eligible for free school meals. Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage are accommodated in a combined Reception and Year 1 class during each morning session and are joined by Year 2 pupils during afternoon sessions. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set out the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics.

Since September 2011, the school has been a member of the Dartmoor Federation, consisting of three other primary schools and the local community college. One governing body fulfils the governance of all the schools in the federation. This school is led by an executive headteacher who shares her duties equally with another school in the federation.