Lent Rise School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Children get off to a good start in the Reception classes.

High-quality early years provision makes sure that they are ready for more formal learning by the time they move to Year 1. Pupils make good progress in mathematics and reading during their time at Lent Rise because : teaching is consistently good. Senior leaders have taken effective action to improve the teaching of writing this year.

Pupils' writing skills are developing well. Standards are high by the time pupils leave at age 11. They are well prepared for the next stage in their education.

Pupils enjoy school. They have positive attitudes to learning and behave well ...around school and in the playground. Pupils' social, moral, spiritual and cultural development is promoted very effectively.

They are well prepared for life in modern Britain. Parents and carers are right to be confident that their children are safe and happy at school. Pupils' safety and well-being are given high priority.

Systems to refer any concerns about pupils are robust. Work to improve attendance has been successful. Senior leaders accurately identify what the school does well and what needs to improve.

Governors and staff at all levels are clear what the school's priorities are. New middle leaders are already providing effective support for their teams to improve teaching and learning. It is not yet an outstanding school because: Teaching is not consistently of the high standard required for all pupils to make excellent progress over time.

New leaders lack experience of using data to monitor pupils' performance. Governors do not always ask searching enough questions about achievement.

Information about this school

Lent Rise is a larger-than-average size primary school.

Children join the Reception class in September. They all attend full time. The large majority of pupils are White British.

Most speak English as their first language. Very few are at an early stage of learning English. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs is just above average.

Few pupils are disadvantaged (those eligible for the pupil premium, which is additional government funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and children in local authority care). The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. All but two of the teaching staff and half the teaching assistants are new to the school since the last inspection.

All of the senior leaders have been appointed to their current roles since the school was last inspected. Most middle and subject leaders have taken up their posts in the last year. Lent Rise trains new teachers as part of the Nottingham University school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) partnership.

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