Dean Barwick Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Achievement is good because pupils make good progress from their diverse starting points. The Early Years Foundation Stage provides a good start to children's learning. Teaching is good and there are some examples of outstanding teaching.

Teachers usually plan well for the different needs of pupils. This successfully enables them to learn without adult support. Pupils behave impeccably; they are polite and respectful to adults and each other.

They enjoy their lessons, like their teachers and feel safe in school and in the extensive outdoor learning environment. The curriculum is a strong feature of the school and provides a wide... range of stimulating and exciting experiences for pupils. The school contributes very well towards pupils' excellent spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

The headteacher is ambitious for the school. She is well supported by a committed governing body. Together they are maintaining the good quality of teaching and working to improve pupils' progress still further.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : There is not yet enough outstanding teaching in the school and there is a small proportion that requires improvement. Pupils at Key Stage 1 are not always given the chance to produce high-quality writing in other subjects. Resources provided for younger pupils do not always help them to organise and present their own work.

There are too few opportunities to share the outstanding teaching practice that does exist across the school.

Information about this school

Dean Barwick School is much smaller than most primary schools. There were no pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium in 2012.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium in 2013 is well-below average. (The pupil premium is additional funding provided for those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals, children from services families and those children that are looked after by the local authority.) All pupils are from a White British Heritage and speak English as their first language.

The proportion of pupils supported through school action is above average. The proportion of pupils who are supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is above average. The school does not meet the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

Dean Barwick School provides flexi-school provision for pupils educated at the school for a minimum of one half-day each week. For the rest of the week, the children are educated at home. A higher-than-average proportion of pupils joins and leaves the school other than at the usual points of admission and transfer.