Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils make good progress from their starting points and achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics.

Teaching is typically good. Interesting activities engage pupils well. They have good attitudes to learning and want to do their best.

Children get a good start to school in the Early Years Foundation Stage. Behaviour is good. Pupils are polite and friendly and enjoy coming to school.

Attendance is above average. Pupils feel safe and well looked after. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is promoted well.

The headteacher leads the school very effectively. Leaders and managers, including govern...ors, work well together. They have improved important aspects of the school's work including teaching, behaviour and pupils' achievement.

It is not yet an outstanding school because: Not enough teaching is outstanding. There are too few opportunities for teachers to share the best practice. Expectations for the achievement of the most-able pupils in Key Stage 2 are not always high enough.

Teachers do not always implement the school's policy of encouraging pupils to take more responsibility for their own learning. Pupils do not always have sufficient opportunities to use their skills and knowledge in different contexts. Standards of spelling are not good enough.

There is currently insufficient expertise to enable some pupils with specific, complex special educational needs to achieve their very best.

Information about this school

The school is an average-sized primary school. The school has a language impairment unit.

Pupils in the unit are taught mainly in four mixed-aged classes but also spend some time in the mainstream classes. The school has a diverse ethnic population. The majority of pupils are of White British heritage.

Most of the other ethnic groups are represented in smaller numbers. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported at school action is below average. The proportion supported by school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is well above average.

This is due to the number of pupils who attend the unit. The proportion of pupils for whom the school receives pupil premium funding is above average. This is additional funding for those known to be eligible for free school meals or who are in the care of the local authority.

The school does not meet the current government floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics. Pending new appointments in September 2014, the deputy and an assistant headteacher are currently sharing the teaching in one class. The assistant headteacher is also currently acting as the special educational needs coordinator, The school provides a daily breakfast club.

The school has provision for two year olds and there is a children's centre on the school site managed by the school. These were not included in this inspection. The headteacher provides support to other headteachers in the local authority.