Hunters Hall Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Achievement is good throughout the school. Teachers plan effectively for pupils' needs and, as a result, pupils make good progress.

Children make good progress in the Early Years Foundation Stage. They are well equipped to make a good start in Year 1. The corridors and classrooms are very attractive and pupils become quickly absorbed into a learning culture.

Good progress is made by those pupils who are disabled or who have special educational needs including those pupils who access the specialist base provision. Spiritual, moral, cultural and social education is a key feature of the curriculum and the wider work of the school. It is pro...moted very well.

Pupils have very good attitudes to learning and each other. Their behaviour in lessons and around the school is good. They are passionate about school and their teachers.

They feel very safe. Pupil premium funding is well used to ensure their achievement is similar to that of other pupils. The headteacher, senior team and governing body are rigorously driving standards and checking teaching scrupulously.

As a result teaching is continuing to improve. It is not yet an outstanding school because: Marking which informs pupils of how to improve is not yet consistently effective throughout the school. Middle leaders are not yet consistent in their use of information about how well pupils are progressing.

Information about this school

The school is larger than the average sized primary school. The largest majority of pupils are from White British and Black African heritages. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is above average.

The proportion of pupils who are eligible for pupil premium funding is above the national average. This is additional funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals, those in local authority care and those from service families. There are currently no pupils from service families in the school.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported at school action is below the national average. The proportion of pupils supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is average. The school provides a breakfast club each morning.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics. The school has a Speech and Language Additional Resources Provision for up to 10 pupils. The headteacher took up her post in April 2013.