Little Stoke Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

The headteacher is ambitious for the school. He is supported well by governors and other staff with leadership responsibilities. Together, they have taken strong actions to improve the quality of teaching and pupils' achievement.

They are determined to raise standards further by giving all pupils a rich educational experience. Teaching is good. Pupils know what they are expected to achieve, and lessons are well planned to meet the needs of most pupils.

Pupils make good progress and achieve well from their starting points. Standards at the end of Key Stage 2 have improved and are now in line with those of pupils nationally. Well-...planned provision for children in the Reception class means they make good progress and are well prepared for Year 1.

Disabled pupils and those with special educational needs are well supported and make good progress. Pupils feel safe in school and say that staff look after them well. The behaviour of pupils is good.

They are proud of their school and show respect to staff and others. Their positive attitudes to learning contribute to their good progress. The school provides excellent opportunities to support pupils' spiritual moral, social and cultural development so that pupils are well prepared for life in modern Britain.

Governors are effective and show a good knowledge of the school's strengths and areas for development. All the areas for improvement from the previous inspection have been addressed successfully. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teaching throughout the school is not yet outstanding and so does not enable all pupils to make the best possible progress.

Occasionally, work is too easy or too difficult for pupils, which means they do not then learn as well as they could. Some pupils' understanding of new learning is not sufficiently thorough because some teachers do not check it rigorously enough. Pupils do not have enough opportunities to extend their literacy and mathematical skills in other subjects that they study.

Information about this school

Little Stoke Primary School is smaller than the average-sized primary school. Most pupils are from White British backgrounds. The proportion of pupils from other ethnic groups is increasing.

The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is average and is increasing. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils, almost half of the pupils on roll, is above average. These pupils are supported by the pupil premium, which is additional funding provided for pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those who are in local authority care.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs is about one in eight. This is below average. The proportion of pupils who join or leave the school during the year is well above average.

The early years provision consists of one full-time Reception class. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6. Since the previous inspection there have been many changes in the school's teaching staff and in the membership of the governing body.

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