Christ Church CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Pupils of all abilities make good progress throughout the school. Children start school with skills and understanding below the levels expected nationally for their age. By Year 6, standards in English and mathematics are currently average and rising steadily.

Teaching is consistently good. Teaching assistants provide effective support for pupils who find some aspects of learning difficult, or who need to build up their confidence. Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school.

They feel safe and equally valued. The school helps pupils to develop good personal skills and promotes their spiritual, moral, social and cultural... understanding well. The school is led and managed well.

The headteacher is a strong leader. She ensures that the school's work is checked very regularly and thoroughly, so that pupils achieve well and have lots of interesting learning opportunities. The governing body has a comprehensive knowledge of the school's work and is able to help it to make further improvements.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Not all marking tells pupils how well they have achieved, or how to make further progress. Pupils do not have opportunities in all subjects to practise the specific skills they learn in literacy and numeracy lessons. Not all pupils attend school as often as they should.

The school does not use strategies such as individual targets, or regular celebrations for pupils whose attendance is good or has improved well, to tackle this.

Information about this school

The school is much smaller than the average-sized primary school. Most pupils are of White British heritage.

The proportion of pupils supported through the pupil premium (additional government funding for children in the care of the local authority, pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those with a parent in the armed services) is well above average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported at school action is above the national average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is well above average.

The proportion of pupils who join or leave partway through their primary school education is much higher than average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. The school works with the Newbold Cluster of Schools, and with other schools in Chesterfield, to strengthen teaching and leadership.

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