Great Wood Community Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school This is a rapidly improving school, which is flourishing under the soft federation arrangements with Moorlands Primary Federation. The strengthened capacity in leadership and governance has ensured that teachers are well prepared in implementing recent changes in the ways subjects are taught and pupils' learning is assessed. Purposeful leadership has brought about a culture of high expectations, resulting in all groups of pupils making good progress from their starting points.

Parents are delighted with the gains that their children make in learning. Governors show a steely determination to ensure that disadvantaged pupils achieve well. There is n...o gap between these pupils and all pupils nationally in reading, writing and mathematics.

Teaching is improving because teachers receive effective professional development and coaching from senior leaders. Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and work well together on tasks in lessons. They behave well and are courteous and polite.

Pupils have a good awareness of how to keep safe due to the school's rigorous systems of safeguarding. Learning opportunities both in lessons and after school are vibrant and exciting. Pupils enjoy learning and as a result attendance has improved and is above average.

Children in the early years get off to a good start and are generally well prepared for learning in Year 1. Disabled pupils and those with special educational needs achieve well because of the good support that they receive from well-trained teaching assistants. Standards in reading, writing and mathematics are above average in Key Stage 2 and pupils are well prepared for secondary school.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Children in the early years struggle with forming their letters and numbers correctly. In Key Stage 1, pupils do not present their work neatly enough. Middle leaders are not yet fully familiar with how to use the school's new tracking systems to identify any underperforming pupils.