Great Wakering Primary Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Standards in Year 6 are above average. Most pupils achieve well and make expected or better progress in all subjects. The most-able pupils in Years 5 and 6 are increasingly making better than expected progress in English and mathematics.

Disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs make good progress from their starting points. Teaching has improved since the previous inspection and is now good. Most teachers have high expectations of their pupils, know them very well and ensure that they are given suitably challenging work.

Teachers' assessments are accurate and the curriculum is planned carefully to provide pup...ils with exciting and imaginative activities that enthuse them and hold their attention. Marking across the school is of a high quality, and this ensures pupils know what they do well and how to improve their work. Pupils have good opportunities to develop their social, moral, spiritual and cultural understanding.

Leaders are respected by staff, children and parents. They have worked successfully to bring about necessary changes and to improve teaching and standards. Governors are skilled in supporting leaders and in helping them to improve the quality of teaching and to raise levels of achievement.

There is a good community spirit and relationships between pupils and teachers are strong. Pupils feel safe in school. Attendance is above average.

Pupils typically behave well in lessons and around the school. In some lessons, they demonstrate excellent attitudes to learning. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Pupils' spelling, punctuation and grammar skills are not consistently good in Years 3 to 6.

The explanations which teachers give to pupils are not always clear enough and teachers do not all check in lessons on how well different groups of pupils are learning.

Information about this school

The school is a larger than average-sized primary school. Most of the pupils come from White British backgrounds.

A small proportion of pupils come from minority ethnic backgrounds. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is below average. The proportion who are supported through school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs or the new education, health and care plan, is also below average.

The proportion of disadvantaged pupils eligible for the pupil premium, which is additional funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those in local authority care, is below average. The school runs a breakfast club. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum requirements for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6.

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