Burton Green Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The headteacher, middle leaders and governors have high expectations for all pupils.

They are driving improvements in teaching strongly, so that most pupils now achieve well. Children start school with skills and understanding that are below those expected for their age. They make good progress, and standards are rising and are now average by the end of Year 6.

Teaching is mostly good and pupils enjoy the many activities in lessons that stimulate their thinking. Disabled pupils and those with special educational needs achieve well because adults provide timely challenge and support. The early years provision motivates children to learn t...hrough imaginative learning opportunities, outdoors and indoors.

Attendance has risen since the previous inspection. The vast majority of pupils enjoy coming to school, and are well-mannered and welcoming to visitors. Pupils feel safe and behave well.

Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good. It is promoted effectively through the good relationships in school, and through well-planned visits and activities that build pupils' confidence and develop their personal qualities. Parents are pleased with the progress their children make, and feel their views are always taken into account.

The school is well led by the headteacher. She has developed a team of committed practitioners, who share her aspiration of success for all children. Senior and middle leaders are determined to raise achievement even higher.

Governors evaluate systematically the performance of the school, through the detailed information they receive. It is not yet an outstanding school because : A minority of pupils, especially some of the most able, do not make enough progress in Year 1 and in reading and writing. A small minority of pupils' reading skills are not fully developed by the end of Year 6.

Occasionally, teaching does not check that all pupils' needs are being sufficiently met, and that all pupils are challenged enough. The work of teaching assistants in supporting pupils' learning is variable. Teachers' marking does not always provide pupils with precise information about how to improve their work and not all pupils respond readily to comments inviting them to improve their work.

Information about this school

This is a smaller-than-average-sized primary school. Most pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils (those for whom the pupil premium funding provides support), is well-above average.

Pupil premium funding is extra money to support pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those looked after by the local authority. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs is above average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6.

The school receives support from the local authority, and is a member of a local cluster of schools. Since the previous inspection, there have been changes in staffing and governance, including the appointment of a new chair of governors. Increasing numbers of pupils join the school at times other than the beginning of the school year.