Coppice Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The strong leadership of the new headteacher ensures that all staff constantly maintain their focus on pupils achieving well. This has been possible because teachers and pupils are expected to 'achieve in every way'.

The headteacher has the very able support of the senior and middle leaders, who have a very good understanding of the school's vison. Together, they have re-shaped this vision for pupils to 'aspire, achieve' and 'believe' that they can do well. The quality of teaching is good.

Team planning and attention to the needs of pupils contribute to pupils making good progress. These strengths have been maintained against high staff t...urnover. Senior leaders use a range of effective systems to monitor teaching, learning and assessment.

These help them to evaluate the school's work and take action quickly to improve its effectiveness. The governors are very well informed. They use several approaches to check and confirm the school's effectiveness.

This enables them to challenge and hold leaders to account for pupils' achievement. Pupils' personal development, their behaviour and safety are good. Good manners and respect for others underpin pupils' relationships within this diverse school.

Provision in the early years is good. Well-planned activities and an excellent outdoor environment contribute to children consistently making better progress each year. Pupils in key stages 1 and 2 make good progress.

Provisional test results show that pupils achieved above-average standards in writing in 2016. However, outcomes were below average in reading and mathematics. The most able and most able disadvantaged pupils make good progress.

However, they are not challenged to extend themselves consistently or rigorously enough. The support and care of pupils is of good quality overall.

Information about this school

The school is much larger than the average primary school.

The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is high, as is the proportion who speak English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs is high, but the proportion who have a statement of special educational needs or an education, health and care plan is below average. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for additional funding through the pupil premium is well above the national average.

The school provides full-time provision for 91 children in the early years, and 31 currently attend part time. The school runs a breakfast club and after-school clubs. The school works with The Cube, a specialist support centre based at Cranbrook Primary School, to provide particular support for pupils with specific behavioural needs.

The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website. The headteacher took over the running of the school in September 2015. The school met the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress at the end of Year 6.

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