Cyril Jackson Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school. The inspirational leadership of the headteacher has established a culture which is firmly focused on ensuring that all pupils receive the highest standards of care and teaching. Behaviour across the school is impeccable.

Pupils have excellent attitudes to school and want to do well. They work hard and are very proud of their school. As a result, punctuality and attendance levels are high.

Children get off to an excellent start in early years. They make rapid progress in all areas of their development. As a result of outstanding teaching pupils make exceptional progress in reading, writing and mathematics.

Pupils receive ...highly effective feedback from their teachers which helps them to improve their work still further. Disadvantaged pupils make the same outstanding progress as their peers. The provision for disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is managed extremely well.

Through skilled teaching these pupils make outstanding progress. The most able pupils make the same exceptional progress as other pupils in the school. However, they could do even better if they had more opportunities to engage in tasks that enabled them to respond in a more creative and innovative manner.

School leaders work very closely with other agencies to ensure that pupils and their families receive any support that they need to help overcome barriers that may be preventing pupils from benefiting from all that the school can offer. There are highly effective systems in place to keep pupils safe. Pupils themselves have a very good understanding of how to keep safe in a range of contexts.

The curriculum engages and enthuses pupils. It is enriched by carefully chosen themes which interest pupils and contribute to outstanding spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. By the time that they leave the school pupils are very well prepared for the next stage of their education and for life in modern Britain.

Pupils learn about other faiths, cultures and races and show great respect for individual differences and value each other's qualities. Senior and middle leaders share the vision of the headteacher and are relentless in promoting continued improvements. Governors know the school very well.

They share the aspirations that all leaders have for the pupils and provide robust challenge and strategic direction which ensure that these aspirations are realised. Parents are very pleased with all that the school offers. School leaders provide many opportunities for parents to be kept informed about how well their children are progressing.

Information about this school

Cyril Jackson Primary School is much larger than the average sized primary school and operates on two sites, which are a short distance apart. The proportions of pupils from minority ethnic groups and those who speak English as an additional language are much higher than the national average. The largest ethnic group in the school are of Bangladeshi origin.

The proportion of disadvantaged pupils for whom the school receives the pupil premium (additional funding for particular groups, which in this school applies to pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those who are looked after by the local authority) is much higher than the national average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is higher than the national average. The school has a Language Resource Provision for up to 20 pupils across the local authority who have speech and language difficulties.

Some pupils attend the Nursery full time, others part time, with all pupils becoming full time when they enter the Reception class. The headteacher of Cyril Jackson Primary School is currently also the interim executive headteacher of Ben Jonson Primary School. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics.