Greatham CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Senior leaders have instilled a culture of high expectations and a strong team ethos.

All staff are focused upon achieving strong academic outcomes and high standards of care for all pupils. Senior leaders are extremely effective in securing improvement. Their improvement strategies are highly effective and lead to significant improvement in provision and outcomes for pupils.

As a result of thorough planning, consistently good teaching and positive classroom routines, pupils are very well engaged in their learning and make consistently good progress. Strong subject expertise and highly effective teaching supported pupils in achieving outs...tanding outcomes at key stage 2 in 2017. The outstanding progress pupils make in reading and mathematics is not consistently matched in writing across all year group Governors are committed to the school's ethos and are closely involved in the life of the school.

They have worked diligently to strengthen their skill set and provide clear support and challenge that holds leaders to account for performance. Leaders welcome challenge from governors and external partners and use this to secure sustained improvement. All adults in the school community work positively with children to secure the highest standards of behaviour and welfare.

Provision in the early years has developed significantly over the past three years. The outdoors learning environment has been enhanced and imaginative experiences and strong relationships support children in making good rates of progress. Disadvantaged pupils and pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities make extremely good progress as a result of effective teaching, well-tailored support and close monitoring.

The arrangements for safeguarding pupils are effective. All staff and governors are continually mindful of pupils' welfare. The strong progress pupils make in reading and mathematics is not consistently reflected in other subjects, including history and geography.

Opportunities to deepen pupils' knowledge and apply their understanding and skills in the wider curriculum are sometimes overlooked.

Information about this school

The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website. Greatham is smaller than the average-sized primary school.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium is above the national average. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is average. The vast majority of pupils currently on roll are from White British backgrounds.

More pupils join or leave the school at mid-points in their primary years than is usually the case. The school meets the government's floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. The school offers a breakfast club and after-school club, and provides wrap-around care for nursery-aged children.