Kingsleigh Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The headteacher, other leaders, governors and staff ensure that teaching is good and pupils achieve well. Leaders and staff have created a positive and welcoming atmosphere where pupils learn and flourish.

Pupils are enthusiastic learners and behave well in lessons and around the school. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is promoted well and they are well prepared for life in modern Britain. Highly effective procedures ensure that pupils are safe.

Consequently, pupils feel very safe and very well looked after by staff. Staff know pupils well and give great emphasis to their happiness and well-being. Governors are ...effective.

They are rigorous in their approach, providing both support and challenge to hold the school to account for its performance. Teaching successfully promotes pupils' good progress. Teachers' good relationships with pupils and their clear explanations and questioning contribute well to pupils' successful learning.

Children in the Nursery and Reception classes have a good start to school. They make good progress and achieve well. Year 6 pupils show that they have made good progress from their low starting points.

The school has the confidence of parents. Parents are right to hold positive views about the care and quality of education the school provides. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teachers do not always fully challenge the most-able pupils, who occasionally are given work that is too easy.

Pupils do not always act on teachers' comments in marking and improve their work. Children do not have enough opportunities to learn and explore in the Reception outside areas. Assessment of children's ability on entry to the Nursery and Reception classes is not rigorous enough.

Information about this school

This school is larger than the average-sized primary school. One pupil in five is disabled or has special educational needs. This is above the national average.

One pupil in two is supported by the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for disadvantaged pupils. This is above the national average. About three quarters of the pupils are White British.

Other pupils are from a range of heritages, including other White background, Bangladeshi, Chinese and African backgrounds. One pupil in 12 is learning English as an additional language. This is below average.

The Early Years Foundation Stage consists of three full-time Reception classes and a Nursery class with morning and afternoon sessions. An increasing number of pupils join the school at times other than the start of the Nursery. The school has increased from a two-form entry to a four-form entry since the previous inspection.

A large building project including new classrooms, resource areas and a hall has recently been completed. The school is part of a collaborative trust consisting of seven local primary schools, known as Septenary Trust. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics.

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