Greenways Primary Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

The headteacher leads the school well. Alongside subject leaders, including governors, she has driven good improvements in a short space of time. This is now a good and improving school.

The training of staff and better procedures by leaders to check and strengthen teaching, have led to improvements in achievement and the quality of teaching. Governors are effective. They are well trained.

They know the school well and are constantly reviewing and looking at ways to improve the school further. Achievement is good. Standards in reading, writing and mathematics are rising well to above national levels.

The progress of pup...ils is now consistently good. Teaching is good. Teachers plan well for the needs of pupils and teaching assistants help pupils to achieve well.

Pupils feel safe and happy at the school. They enjoy a wide range of trips, sports and musical activities. Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Marking does not always encourage pupils to consistently present their written work well and to use good levels of punctuation across a range of subjects. Targets and teachers' written comments are not always easy for pupils to understand. Teachers are not always quick enough to make changes to teaching during lessons when pupils find work easy.

Reading books are not always suitable for all pupils to help improve their skills. Not enough children are well prepared for the higher standards of literacy work when they get into Year 1, especially in writing.

Information about this school

This is an averaged-sized primary school.

The proportion of pupils who are supported by the pupil premium is below average. (The pupil premium is additional funding for those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals, children from service families and those children that are looked after). Most pupils are of White British heritage.

The proportion of pupils supported through school action is below average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is above average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

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