Croxton Kerrial Church of England Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Pupils thrive in the positive, caring environment to become confident and capable learners. The headteacher leads the school well. Under her clear direction, a strong, united team of staff has improved the quality of teaching and raised pupils' achievement.

All leaders, including subject leaders and governors, have an accurate view of the school's strengths and areas for development. By the time they leave the school, most pupils achieve or exceed the standards expected of eleven-year-olds in reading, writing and mathematics. This represents good progress from often low starting points.

Teaching across the school is good. Staff ...know individual pupils well and plan work effectively so that it meets their different needs. Children in the early years get an excellent start to school.

They make outstanding progress from their different starting points. Disadvantaged pupils achieve as well as, and sometimes better than, other pupils in school. Disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs are given the support they need to make good progress.

Pupils' behaviour is good. The pupils are attentive in lessons and are keen to learn. The high attendance level reflects their enjoyment of school.

Pupils feel extremely well cared for. Staff have outstandingly thorough procedures to keep pupils safe in school and when they go out on visits. The school promotes pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development extremely well.

Pupils appreciate fundamental British values, such as tolerance and respect for people from all backgrounds. The additional sports funding for primary schools is spent effectively to inspire pupils and ensure their sports skills and enthusiasm are secured. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Leaders do not check pupils' achievement and progress effectively enough in all subjects.

There are too few opportunities for pupils to apply and consolidate their English and mathematical skills in their work in other subjects. Teachers' written comments in pupils' books are not always sufficiently clear to help pupils improve their work. Teachers do not always check to see if pupils act on the feedback provided.

Information about this school

This academy is much smaller than the average-sized primary school. Croxton Kerrial Church of England Academy converted to become an academy school on the first of November 2013. When its predecessor school, Croxton Kerrial Church of England Primary School, was last inspected by Ofsted in February 2010, it was judged to be good overall.

There are three classes. Class 1 has children from Reception, and pupils from Years 1 and 2. Class 2 has pupils from Years 2, 3 and 4.

Class 3 has pupils from Years 5 and 6. The number of pupils in each year group is small. Children in the Reception Year attend the early years provision on a full-time basis.

Most pupils are of White British origin. The overall proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils who are eligible for the pupil premium (additional funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals or in the care of the local authority) is average.

The academy meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6. The academy runs a breakfast club and an after-hours club. This provision is overseen by the academy's governors and is operated by academy staff.