East Brent Church of England First School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils, including children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, achieve well and make good progress. They attain standards that are above those expected when they leave the school at age nine.

Pupils behave well and the large majority have positive attitudes to learning. They say that they feel very safe in school and understand how to keep themselves safe. High-quality support is provided for pupils with special educational needs and particularly for those with very complex needs and disabilities.

The school makes good use of the pupil premium to support eligible pupils and their attainment matches that of other pupils in the school. Le...adership and management are much improved. The acting headteacher has a very clear vision shared by the whole team.

She is working closely with the governing body to drive forward school improvement. The good quality school development plan shows that the school has an accurate view of its strengths and weaknesses. New leaders and managers are providing strong support for the improvements taking place across the school and the quality of teaching has improved significantly over the last 18 months.

The school makes very strong provision for pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development within a broad curriculum. It is not yet an outstanding school because: Although much improved, the quality of teaching is still not outstanding enough to make sure that pupils receive challenging tasks so that progress in reading in Years 1 and 2 or in writing in Years 3 and 4 is as good as in other subjects. Although pupils' work is marked frequently, pupils are not involved enough in checking their own progress against their targets.

Information about this school

This school is much smaller than most schools and serves mainly the local village although amost a third of pupils come from nearby towns. Almost all pupils are White British. Around one sixth of pupils are known to be eligible for the pupil premium (extra money given to the school by the government, linked mainly to the pupils known to be eligible for free school meals).

This proportion is well below average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported through school action is broadly average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is also broadly average.

The main difficulties are speech, language and communication needs with a few pupils who have very complex needs including some physical disabilities. The school currently has an acting headteacher who also teaches for two days a week. All other teachers are new to the school since September 2012.