Claregate Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher, deputy headteacher and the teachers with responsibility for subjects have worked well as a team to make sure that the school has improved since the last inspection. Teachers plan activities that are interesting and suitably challenging for pupils of different abilities.

As a result, pupils enjoy learning. In 2015, overall standards at the end of Year 6 were above average. Pupils made good progress from their different starting points.

Current pupils make good progress over time. Achievement is particularly strong in reading and mathematics. The gaps between disadvantaged pupils and their classmates are closing quickly bec...ause of the personalised support they receive.

The youngest children in the school have a good start to their education. Staff make sure that the children acquire the necessary skills and knowledge before they start Year 1. Pupils are well behaved.

They are polite, confident and cheerful. They treat everyone they encounter with respect. Governors have been instrumental in securing the improvements in the school.

They effectively hold senior leaders to account for the achievement of different groups of pupils. Senior leaders, staff and governors make sure that pupils are kept safe. Pupils feel safe and know how to take care of themselves around the school and in the playground.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Occasionally, teaching is not of the highest quality and this slows the progress that some pupils make. Outcomes in writing are improving, but they are not as strong as in reading and mathematics. Pupils do not have sufficient chances to extend their writing skills in English and across different subjects and some do not present their written work neatly.

The attendance of a few disadvantaged pupils and pupils who have special educational needs or disability is rising but remains below average.

Information about this school

Claregate Primary is larger than the average-sized primary school. Just over half of the pupils are White British, with the remainder from a number of ethnic minority backgrounds.

A very small minority are in the early stages of learning English. The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium is below average. The pupil premium is additional government funding to support pupils who are eligible for free school meals or are looked after by the local authority.

The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs or disability is below the national average. The school met the government's floor standards for 2015, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6. The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website.

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