Conway Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Key findings

Conway Primary is a good school.

Pupils make consistently good progress from their starting points across the school because teaching is good. The school is not outstanding because achievement and teaching are not yet consistently outstanding. Teachers do not always use assessment information to adjust tasks during lessons when pupils find them too easy or too difficult.

Pupils know their learning targets but are not always clear about what they precisely need to do to reach them without the support from teachers. Pupils' reading, writing and mathematics skills in other subjects are not always as good as in English and mathematics lessons. Achievement is good.

Attainment is average ac...ross the school this year. Disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs make good progress to reach and sometimes exceed expected levels of attainment. Teaching is good.

Sometimes it is outstanding. Lessons are matched well to pupils' interests, abilities and learning needs. Consequently, pupils' engagement is good.

Teachers and teaching assistants support pupils well using questions effectively to guide them through tasks rather than telling them what to do. Behaviour and safety are good. Pupils feel safe in school and know what to do if they have a concern.

Pupils' positive attitudes and eagerness to do well make a strong contribution to good learning. Leadership and management are good. The excellent leadership from the headteacher motivates the relentless drive for improvement.

Pupils, staff, parents and members of the governing body are fully involved in strategic planning. Performance is managed well. Targeted training and support has led to significant improvements in the quality of teaching and the school's leadership.

Capacity to improve is outstanding. A comprehensive and accurate evaluation of pupils' achievement and systematic improvement planning has resulted in rapid and strong improvement across the school's work.

Information about the school

The overwhelming majority of pupils who attend this larger-than-average primary school are from minority ethnic backgrounds, mostly Pakistani and Bangladeshi.

Nearly all speak English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is higher than the national average. There is an above average proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs although the proportion at school action plus and with a statement is broadly average.

Children start in the Nursery in the September following their third birthday and transfer to the Reception class in the following September. The school meets the government minimum floor standards. The school is federated with a neighbouring primary school with which it shares a headteacher and governing body.

It has Healthy Schools status. A free breakfast club operates onsite every day. It is managed by the school.