Holy Trinity Church of England Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Pupils do well at this academy. They make good progress and achieve standards that ensure that they are well prepared for the next stage of their education.

Children in the early years get off to a good start. Good teaching and effective leadership ensure that, by the end of the Reception Year, they are ready to begin Year 1. Good-quality teaching across key stages 1 and 2 engages pupils and enables them to develop a strong desire to learn.

Teachers and teaching assistants work together very well to support pupils' development. Pupils' attitudes to learning are excellent. They are motivated and keen to achieve their best.

Behavio...ur in lessons and around the school is very good. Pupils are polite, courteous and helpful. Staff know pupils very well.

They ensure that pupils' safety and welfare are paramount. The academy's strong Christian ethos contributes well to pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. The acting headteacher is highly motivational.

His leadership style is proving very successful at drawing everyone together into a highly effective team. Governors are strong advocates for the academy. Like the headteacher, they are very ambitious for the academy's future improvement.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teachers do not plan activities with enough challenge for the most-able pupils and thereby enable them to fully reach their potential. Middle leaders are not yet playing a full part in checking the progress of pupils over time in their respective areas of responsibility. The success criteria used to judge the impact of the changes being implemented are not precise enough.

Information about this school

This academy is slightly smaller than the average-sized primary school. Holy Trinity Church of England Academy converted to become an academy on 1 May 2012. When its predecessor school was last inspected by Ofsted it was judged to be good overall.

Since January 2016, the deputy headteacher has become the acting headteacher, taking over from the previous headteacher, who had been appointed to another headship. The governing body has appointed the acting headteacher to be the academy's substantive headteacher with effect from April 2016. Since the predecessor school's previous inspection, a new chair of the governing body has been appointed.

Most pupils are of White British heritage. A few pupils are from minority ethnic groups. Children in the Reception Year attend full time.

They are taught together in a single-age class, as are pupils in other year groups. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs or disability is average. Similarly, the proportion of pupils with a statement of special educational need or an education, health and care plan is in line with the national average.

The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium is lower than the national average. The academy's breakfast club operates each morning during term time. The academy 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.