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13 St George’s Street, Dunster, Minehead, TA24 6RX
Phone Number
01643821254
Phase
Primary
Type
Community school
Age Range
4-9
Religious Character
Does not apply
Gender
Mixed
Number of Pupils
126
Local Authority
Somerset
Highlights from Latest Inspection
Summary of key findings for parents and pupils
This is a good school.
Pupils really enjoy learning, achieve well and make good progress throughout the school. Pupils with special educational needs make good progress. Pupils' behaviour is outstanding.
They are very keen to learn, proud of the school and polite and respectful to each other. Pupils are very well cared for and kept extremely safe; they are well aware of how to keep themselves safe. Strong leadership has provided clear direction and thorough checking of the quality of teaching, which has driven improvements in the school.
Governors have a very good knowledge of the school and use this to continually challenge leaders to improve the sch...ool. Teaching is good, because the headteacher provides effective feedback on how it can be improved. The school provides a wide variety of activities and trips to broaden the pupils' knowledge and experiences.
The Early Years Foundation Stage is good. Children settle quickly into the Reception class, and make good progress. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teaching is not yet enabling pupils to make rapid progress in reading, writing and mathematics.
Pupils are occasionally not asked to work quickly enough and this slows their progress. Sometimes teachers' marking is not specific enough to help pupils to improve their work.
Information about this school
This is a smaller-than-average-sized primary school.
In each year group, including Reception, there is one class. Almost all pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is below average.
The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium, which, in this school, is additional funding for looked-after pupils and those known to be eligible for free school meals, is broadly average. There is a pre-school on site which is managed separately and was not part of this inspection. The school works in partnership with other local primary schools to share expertise to help improve teaching and leadership.
