Fitzwilliam Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Achievement is good.

Progress is good in reading, writing and mathematics in all year groups. All teaching is at least good, some is outstanding. Teachers use a range of questioning techniques effectively and use their subject knowledge well to deepen pupils' thinking and understanding.

Children make good progress in the Early Years Foundation Stage. Behaviour is good and pupils feel safe in the school. Attendance is above average.

This reflects pupils' enjoyment. They say that school is fun. The school provides well for pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

The governing body provides the right bal...ance of support and challenge. All governors carry out their roles and responsibilities effectively. The headteacher and the governing body have improved the quality of teaching and produced a good school where pupils are happy, achieve well and are encouraged to have high aspirations.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Sometimes teaching assistants are not always used well enough to support pupils' learning. Pupils' presentation of their written work in their themed workbooks is not as good as in their other books. Teachers' marking in these workbooks does not always help pupils improve their work.

Teachers do not always give enough attention to the basic skills of reading, writing and mathematics when pupils are working in subjects other than English and mathematics. Pupils entitled to pupil premium and those with additional needs are not able to do their best when tasks and activities do not interest or excite them and are not meaningful to them.

Information about this school

This is an average-sized primary school.

Most pupils are from White British backgrounds. At the time of the inspection a group of Year 5 and 6 pupils were out on a three-day residential visit. There have been a few changes to the teaching staff since the previous inspection.

The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium funding is above average. This is additional government funding for pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals, children of service families or those who are looked after by the local authority. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported at school action is below average.

The proportion identified for additional support through school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is slightly below average. The school meets the government floor targets, which are the minimum expectations for attainment and progress in English and mathematics at the end of Year 6. The school manages its own breakfast and after-school clubs.