Greswold Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils achieve well and reach standards that are well above average by the time they leave. Last year there was a rapid rise in attainment in Year 6, with some pupils in this year group making outstanding progress.

Children make good progress in the Early Years Foundation Stage, in Key Stage 1 and in Years 5 and 6 through good teaching. Attainment in mathematics is high throughout the school because pupils develop a very good understanding of the subject. Teaching is typically good, and a small amount is outstanding.

Teachers and other adults work together very well as a team and are particularly good at getting pupils to think for thems...elves. Attendance is high because pupils love coming to school. They feel safe, behave well and are very proud of their school.

The school gives pupils a wide range of opportunities to help them become mature, responsible individuals. Its partnerships, at a local and international level, are a particular strength. Leadership and management, including governance, are good.

Senior leaders work together very effectively as a team and are the major driving force behind the improvement in the quality of teaching and the recent upturn in standards in Key Stage 2. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Progress in Key Stage 2 is not consistently good. In Years 3 and 4, teachers have not always built on the standards achieved at the end of Year 2.

As a result, pupils in these year groups sometimes do not make as much progress as they could, particularly when the work set for them is too easy. Not enough teaching is outstanding. Teachers do not always insist on a high enough standard of work.

Sometimes, particularly in Years 3 and 4, they do not show pupils how to improve when they mark their work, and pupils are not always sure whether they have made enough progress.

Information about this school

Greswold is larger than the average-sized primary school. A below-average proportion of the pupils are eligible for the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for children in local authority care and pupils known to be eligible for free school meals.

The proportion of pupils supported at school action, and at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs, is below average. A below-average proportion of pupils speak English as an additional language. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.