Gnosall St Lawrence Coe Primary Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Achievement is good and has rapidly improved since the previous inspection. All groups of pupils make good progress from their individual starting points, resulting in attainment that is now above average at Key Stage 2 and well above average in Key Stage 1.

Children in the reception class make good progress as a result of teaching which is consistently good, and often outstanding. Teaching across the school is good. Teachers use a wide range of activities to interest pupils in their work and pupils are encouraged to develop independence and resilience in their learning.

The consistent approach taken to the teaching of writing across the... school is rapidly improving pupils' writing skills in all year groups. Teachers and teaching assistants work together very productively to ensure that disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs make good progress. Pupils behave well, participate well in lessons and are well looked after.

They feel safe and happy. The headteacher has developed a highly successful team approach to raising achievement and aspirations which involves all staff and governors. The whole school community embraces change and is ambitious for the children.

The governors know the school well and hold the senior leaders to account for its performance. It is not yet an outstanding school because : In some lessons, teachers do not plan activities that stretch all the different ability groups, so that the most-able do not always make the rapid progress they could. Pupils do not always have the opportunity to respond to teachers comments about their work and teachers do not always check that improvements have been made.

Information about this school

The school is smaller than the average-sized primary school. The proportion of pupils eligible for support through the pupil premium (additional funding to support pupils eligible for free school meals, looked after by the local authority or with a parent in the armed services) is below the national average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported through school action is below average, as is the proportion supported at school action plus or through a statement of special educational needs.

The large majority of pupils come from White British backgrounds. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is below the national average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics.