Kexborough Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The Executive Headteacher and the Head of School have successfully given high priority to training and supporting staff in order to improve the quality of teaching and raise pupils' achievement.

From their starting points, all pupils are now making good progress and a few pupils make outstanding progress. The quality of teaching is consistently good and an increasing amount is outstanding. As a result, currently pupils are making rapid progress.

The Early Years Foundation Stage is a strength of the school because children develop a love of learning. At the end of Year 6, standards are currently broadly in line with the national average a...nd this represents good achievement from pupils' starting points. The behaviour of pupils is good.

Pupils say that they feel extremely safe and well cared for in school. Attendance has improved and is now above average. Governors provide rigorous challenge and support to both headteachers and are fully involved in raising the quality of teaching and pupils' achievement.

All staff and governors have a determination to make the school outstanding. As a result, the school is well placed to continue to improve. Parents overwhelmingly value the work of the school.

Typical comments from parents are, 'This is a fantastic amazing school' and 'We can't praise the school enough.' It is not yet an outstanding school because : The proportions of pupils making more than expected progress could be higher. Not all teaching sufficiently challenges the most able pupils, nor do some pupils move on to harder work quickly enough when they are ready.

Information about this school

This is a smaller than average sized primary school. The majority of pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of pupils eligible for support through the pupil premium funding is below average.

The pupil premium funding is additional funding for those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those children who are looked after by the local authority. The proportion of disabled pupils or those with special educational needs supported through school action is below average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is broadly average.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6. The Executive Headteacher was appointed in September 2012 and works in school one day each week. The Head of School joined the school in November 2012 and works permanently in the school.

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