Kingsbury Episcopi Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. In recent years, senior leaders have successfully encouraged pupils to be more ambitious. With the full support of parents and carers, pupils have lifted their efforts.

They now achieve above average standards and are keen to do even better. Good and often outstanding teaching makes sure that achievement through the school is good. Excellent teaching in Years 5 and 6 combines challenge with fun in learning and promotes even better progress.

The teaching of reading is a strength of the school, which, with help from parents and carers, continues productively at home. Teachers and their capable assistants provide high-quality care. As a res...ult, pupils feel safe, behave extremely well and enjoy excellent relationships, when learning together.

The school provides a stimulating curriculum that keeps pupils interested and involved in their learning. Literacy and numeracy skills are taught effectively and reinforced through other subjects. The headteacher, supported by senior colleagues and the governing body, checks the quality of teaching and learning carefully and ensures that necessary improvements are made.

Achievement continues to improve, most recently in pupils' writing skills. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Pupils are not always given enough opportunities to start their own learning or to find things out for themselves. In Reception, adults do not always question children enough when the children are busy with activities they have chosen themselves.

Information about this school

This school is below average in size. Most pupils attending the school are of White British heritage. A few pupils speak English as an additional language.

The proportion of pupils joining or leaving the school at other than the normal times is above average. The proportion of pupils with a disability or special educational needs who are supported by school action is below average. The proportion supported by school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is also below average.

The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for children in local authority care and those known to be eligible for free school meals, is below average. Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage are taught in a Reception class. Pupils are taught in mixed-age classes throughout the rest of the school.

The school runs its own breakfast club. A privately funded preschool facility operates on the school site and shares some of the school's facilities; as it is managed independently, it was not part of this inspection. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.