Horspath Church of England Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Leaders and managers, including governors, are ambitious for the amount of progress all pupils are capable of making. They make rigorous checks on how well pupils are doing, continually and successfully striving to improve teaching and pupils' achievement.

Staff work effectively together to ensure that pupils do well and that the school continues to get better. Pupils make good progress and achieve well by the end of Year 6. Pupils with special educational needs make progress similar to that of their classmates.

Most teaching is good and some is outstanding. In most lessons, teachers and teaching assistants are effective in meeting the le...arning needs of different ability groups. Behaviour is almost always good in lessons and it is often outstanding.

Children settle well in the Reception class. Pupils in Year 1 show particularly impressive levels of independence and responsibility during lessons. Effective steps are taken to keep pupils safe in school.

Pupils are helped to gain good awareness of how to stay safe outside of school. A wide range of activities additional to lessons, including lunchtime and after-school clubs, broaden pupils' experiences and are enjoyed greatly. It is not yet an outstanding school because : A small amount of teaching does not ensure that all the pupils, and especially the most able, in the class improve at a good pace.

The comments teachers make when marking pupils' books do not do enough to increase pupils' rate of progress. Not enough is done to ensure that pupils below the expected level in reading at the end of Year 1 catch up rapidly during Year 2.

Information about this school

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

Pupils are taught in five classes, three of which include pupils from more than one year group. During the inspection, pupils in Year 6 were out of school on a residential visit. The proportions of pupils supported through school action, at school action plus or with a statement of special educational need are below average.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for support under the pupil premium funding is also below average. Most pupils are from White British backgrounds and few speak English as an additional language. The school meets the current government floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

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