Littleton Green Community School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils make good progress and achieve well, particularly at Key Stage 2. Standards are rising.

Differences in achievement between groups of pupils are reducing. The quality of teaching is at least good and some is outstanding; it ensures pupils' good progress. Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage have a good start to their education and achieve well.

Pupils enjoy school, are happy and safe and behave well. The headteacher has built a strong staff team who have created a culture in which good teaching and behaviour thrive, leading to pupils' good achievement. Governors are strongly focused on driving the school forward.

T...hey check the work of the school robustly and have an accurate view of its performance. Their work has a clear impact on raising achievement. Provision for pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good.

They are well prepared for secondary school. Disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs are supported well and make as much progress as other pupils. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teachers do not consistently make sure that pupils correct marked work and learn more from improving it.

The school's systems for tracking pupils' progress do not fully enable teachers to react quickly when individuals, including the more able, are not making the progress intended. The work teachers set is not always challenging for all abilities, particularly in Key Stage 1.

Information about this school

This is a larger-than-average primary school.

The school meets the current government floor standards. These are the minimum standards set for pupils' attainment and progress. The school shares its site with an independently managed children's centre.

The centre premises are managed by the same governing body, but is inspected separately by Ofsted. The school has a Nursery on site managed by the governing body. The provision for children aged two years nine months and older was inspected during this inspection.

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