Endon Hall Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Key findings

This is a good school.

It is rapidly improving under the headteacher's excellent leadership. It is not yet outstanding because the progress pupils make is not yet consistently strong enough to help them achieve as well as they can in the key subjects of reading, writing and mathematics. Children's progress in the Reception class is good.

Pupils in Key Stages 1 and 2 make good progress overall although it has been inconsistent, largely due to staff changes or differences between the year groups. The school has worked successfully to raise standards in mathematics, which have been lower in the past. Current standards in reading, writing and mathematics have improved and are broadly average in Ke...y Stage 1 and above average throughout Key Stage 2.

Teaching and learning are good. Increasingly effective teaching is having a positive impact on the progress made by most pupils. Even so teachers do not yet provide pupils with sufficient opportunities to respond to marking and other feedback, thus improving their work by achieving their next steps.

Teaching of mathematics has been weaker in the past but the school has made successful improvements through a range of training activities and expert input. Pupils do not have enough opportunities to use their literacy and numeracy skills in different subjects. Pupils' behaviour is good.

This has a good impact on their learning and on how safe they feel at school. Their behaviour is equally good in lessons and around the school. Pupils talk positively about the lack of bullying.

The leadership of teaching and management of performance are good. The headteacher is providing excellent leadership and is well-supported by the governing body, senior leaders and other staff.

Information about the school

This is a smaller than average-sized primary school.

A well below average proportion of the pupils are currently known to be eligible for free school meals. Most pupils are White British, and very few have minority ethnic heritage. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs, including those at school action plus or with statements of special educational need, is below average.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. The school has Healthy Schools status, the Dyslexia Friendly School and ECO School awards. The headteacher had been in post for 18 months at the time of the inspection.