Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The executive headteacher has ensured that the quality of education the pupils receive has improved since the last inspection. The impact of teaching on pupils' learning is good. Therefore, pupils make good progress in all year groups, and across the curriculum.

Teaching staff mostly have high expectations of what pupils can achieve. They make sure that pupils learn well. Pupils are enthusiastic learners who enjoy and respond well to learning challenges.

This helps them to successfully develop their knowledge and skills. Governors know the school well. They challenge leaders effectively to improve outcomes for all pupils.

Childre...n settle quickly into the effective early years and are happy and positive about learning. They are well prepared for Year 1. Disadvantaged pupils, including the most able, get the help they need and, as a result, make similar progress to other pupils nationally who have similar starting points.

Pupils are well behaved both in lessons and around the school. They enjoy school and are keen to take part in all aspects of learning. Pupils are well prepared for their next stages of education across the school and for transfer to secondary education.

Pupils feel safe. The support, guidance and care given by adults are effective across the school. Pupils demonstrate their understanding of British values and spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues well.

Occasionally, the most able pupils do not make fast enough progress because some staff do not have consistently high enough expectations of them. The monitoring of pupils' outcomes across all subjects is not as effective as it is for English and mathematics.

Information about this school

The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website.

The school is part of the St Mary Federation of three primary schools. The school is smaller than average. Most pupils are of White British heritage.

The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is above average. The proportion of pupils for whom the school receives the pupil premium funding is below average. The early years provision is available for Nursery-aged children and operates full time in the Reception Year.

There is on-site pre-school provision, which is owned and managed by a different organisation. This was not part of the inspection. The school meets the government's floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of Year 6.