Green Park Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The headteacher is a strong and effective leader.

Her clear determination that each pupil should achieve their potential is shared by all staff and governors. Senior leaders' sharp focus on teaching and pupils' achievement means that both continue to improve. Behaviour is outstanding.

Pupils are eager to learn and their conduct in lessons and around school is often exemplary. They make an excellent contribution to the life of the school. The well-organised curriculum develops the basic skills of reading, writing and mathematics well.

It provides a range of rich experiences, which contribute extremely well to pupils' spiritual, m...oral, social and cultural development. Pupils are very well prepared for life in modern Britain. Children in the early years get off to a good start in their school life because of good teaching.

Green Park is a happy school. Pupils feel extremely safe and their parents agree with this view. The school's arrangements for keeping pupils safe and secure are outstanding.

Teaching is good over time and there are examples of outstanding classroom practice. Teachers plan activities that engage and motivate pupils who listen attentively and work hard in lessons. Governors know the school's strengths and areas for improvement well.

They provide effective support and hold school leaders to account well. Pupils achieve well. Almost all pupils make the progress expected of them in reading, writing and mathematics and an above-average proportion do better than this in reading and mathematics.

By the end of Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 standards in reading and mathematics are above average. Standards in writing are improving and are similar to the national average. It is not yet an outstanding school because : The quality of teaching is not yet leading to outstanding overall achievement.

This is because : achievement in writing is not as strong as in reading and mathematics. Although gaps are closing, boys, particularly the most able, do not achieve as well as girls in this subject. Some of the activities provided for children in the early years do not always support the best development in writing.

On occasion, pupils do not have enough time to make the most of the guidance provided in teachers' marking. Some middle and subject leaders are at an early stage of developing their areas of responsibility.

Information about this school

The school is similar in size to most other primary schools.

There is a much higher than average proportion of boys in most year groups. Nursery children join the school in the term of their third birthday. They attend the Nursery class part time and the Reception class full time.

Each year some children join the school in the Reception class. The local authority provides additional funding for up to four places for children in the early years from across the borough whose development is significantly delayed when they start school. Most pupils are of White British heritage.

Very few pupils speak English as an additional language. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs is well below the national average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils eligible for support through pupil premium funding is much lower than that found in most other schools.

The pupil premium is additional funding provided for those who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those who are looked after by the local authority. The school has experienced some changes to staffing since the last inspection including a number of maternity related absences. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6.

The governors provide a breakfast club for pupils who attend the school. Green Park is an alliance member of the Holy Rosary Teaching School. The headteacher is a local leader of education and provides support for local primary schools.

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