Dale Hall Community Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Dale Hall has improved since the previous inspection. It is highly regarded by parents and pupils, who are enthusiastic about recent changes.

School leaders, including governors, know their school well and have made important changes. They drive the school forward with energy and determination. The headteacher, deputy headteacher and phase leaders support and challenge teachers, who themselves form an effective team.

As a result, the quality of teaching is consistently good. Teachers are well supported by skilled teaching assistants, academic mentors and a sports coach. The curriculum includes interesting topics that engage pupils' intere...st.

As a result, pupils produce much high-quality work. Pupils make good progress and are well prepared for secondary school. Staff have developed a very positive ethos in which pupils feel valued.

Pupils know their views will be listened to as they help shape their school. Behaviour for learning is very strong; pupils are resilient learners, eager to contribute, attentive, self-directed and curious to learn more. Pupils behave well in lessons, around the school and in the playground.

Pupils say they feel safe and happy at school, and that they are well cared for. Children arrive in the early years inquisitive and ready to learn. They make good progress and enter Year 1 well prepared for their next stage.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Questions are not always sufficiently probing for staff to help the most-able pupils improve. Work is not always pitched at the correct level of difficulty for the most-able pupils. The progress of pupils with special educational needs or disability is not accurately checked, so the school does not know how well the extra help given to these pupils is working.

The school does not rigorously check and act upon the low attendance of a small minority of pupils.

Information about this school

This school is larger than the average-sized primary school. Each year group is taught in two classes.

The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium funding is well below average. The pupil premium is additional funding provided by the government to support pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and children who are looked after by the local authority. The majority of pupils are from White British backgrounds.

The proportion of pupils with special educational needs or disability is below average. In 2015, the school met the government's floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6. Since the previous inspection, the headteacher is new to the school.

The school runs a daily breakfast club for pupils thought to benefit from this extra care. An independent breakfast club also meets daily at the school. This will be subject to a separate inspection.

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