Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an inadequate school Leaders and governors, have not ensured that safeguarding arrangements are effective, including in the early years. Pupils' safeguarding records and staff recruitment records are not as precise, accurate or detailed as they should be. Staff are not fully aware of their responsibilities to protect pupils from radicalisation and extremism.

Leaders did not respond promptly to advice to bring about improvements. They did not implement systems to monitor and evaluate the quality of the provision quickly enough. Governors do not hold leaders to account effectively.

They are too reliant on the information provided by school leaders and do... not challenge leaders in sufficient depth about their actions. Some teachers do not use assessment information effectively to meet all pupils' needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Teachers' expectations of all pupils are not consistently high.

They do not challenge pupils consistently, particularly the most able. Too few pupils achieve the higher standards. Teachers do not provide enough opportunities for pupils to write at length across the curriculum or consistently reinforce high expectations for pupils' grammar, punctuation and spelling.

Leaders do not use and evaluate the impact of additional funding effectively, including for disadvantaged pupils, for pupils with SEND and for physical education (PE) and sport. The proportion of pupils who are regularly absent is too high, particularly pupils with SEND. The school has the following strengths Recently introduced strategies to improve pupils' reading and the teaching of phonics are beginning to have a positive impact.

Pupils achieve well in mathematics. Pupils and their families are known well by all staff. Through good teaching, children in the early years make a positive start to school life.

Pupils behave well, respect each other and have positive attitudes to learning.

Information about this school

The current headteacher and chair of governors have been in their roles since the last inspection in October 2015. The school is much smaller than the average-sized primary school.

All year groups have one class, other than Year 2 which has two classes. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is well above the national average. The proportions of pupils with SEND and with an education, health and care plan are below the national average.

The large majority of pupils are of White British heritage. The proportions of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds and of pupils who speak English as an additional language are below those seen nationally. The school is supported by a local authority school improvement adviser and is also receiving support from Walesby Church of England Primary School.