Broadacre Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The school has improved since the last inspection because the headteacher has set, and rigorously monitored, far higher targets for teachers and pupils. Pupils' attainment is rising because teaching is consistently good and sometimes outstanding.

Assessment is good. Pupils achieve well, especially in writing and science. Classrooms are calm and productive places where pupils can work without distraction.

A good tracking system enables managers to see clearly how much progress pupils are making and who needs more support. Pupils progress well in a wide range of subjects and benefit from a good selection of extra-curricular activities. Effe...ctive provision for disabled pupils and those with special educational needs enables them to achieve well.

Good arrangements for pupils' health, safety and welfare provide effective support for all groups of pupils, especially those who are disadvantaged. Pupils are keen to learn. They behave well in response to the high expectations of their teachers and classroom assistants.

The well-led and managed early years setting enables the school's youngest pupils to achieve well and get off to a good start in their education. The headteacher, governors and managers at all levels are effective in ensuring that teaching and pupils' achievement continue to improve. It is not yet an outstanding school because : There is still scope for targets for pupils to be set higher and for teaching to improve to enable pupils to make outstanding rather than good progress, especially in reading and mathematics.

Governors and managers have not ensured that the school website provides parents and carers with all of the required information about the school curriculum.

Information about this school

Broadacre Primary School is larger than the average-sized primary school. Most pupils are White British.

A small proportion of pupils have English as their second language. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs is below average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils, those supported through pupil premium, is above the national average.

The pupil premium funding is additional funding for pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those looked after by the local authority. The school provides a breakfast club that is managed by the governing body. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6.