Haxey Cofe Primary Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Haxey has improved significantly since the previous inspection.

One parent typical of many said, 'It's like a completely different school'. Senior leaders and governors have high aspirations for pupils' academic and personal development. The school continues to improve because of the interim headteacher's relentless focus on rapidly improving the quality of teaching and pupils' outcomes.

Staff have high expectations of themselves and their pupils. They have created a highly effective team. Children in Reception enjoy a wide range of exciting activities to stimulate their learning.

A high proportion make good progress and they are... well prepared for Year 1. Pupils behave well in and out of lessons. They show great pride in their school.

Pupils take on roles of responsibility with maturity and are well prepared for the next stage in their education and for life in modern Britain. Pupils' learning is enhanced by the use of specialist expertise in subjects such as physical education, religious education and music. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teachers' feedback is not always clear enough for pupils, and on these occasions, pupils struggle to understand what they need to do to make rapid progress.

Teaching is not consistently of the highest standard to enable all pupils to make rapid progress. Individual pupils who have complex special educational needs or disability do not always receive sufficient specialist support to enable them to achieve their full potential.

Information about this school

The school is smaller than the average-sized primary school.

Most pupils are of White British heritage and all speak English as their first language. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs or disability is above average. A smaller than average proportion of pupils are supported by the pupil premium, which at this school provides additional funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals.

The proportion of pupils who join part-way through the school year is below average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6. There is one Reception class in the early years, which children attend on a full-time basis.

There have been a number of new appointments to teaching posts since the last inspection. There have been significant changes to the membership of the governing body since the last inspection. The interim headteacher was appointed in April 2015.