Lythe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school This is a happy, welcoming school that sits at the heart of the local community.

Every person in school, adults and pupils, strives to ensure that it is a 'kind, safe and respectful family'. Under the determined leadership of the headteacher, the desire to provide the best possible teaching, outcomes and experiences for all pupils is tangible. As a result, the school has improved markedly since the previous inspection.

The school's determination to eliminate underperformance underpins robust and effective actions to ensure continuing improvement. Children in early years make a good start to their learning. They make good progress and are ...well prepared to start Year 1.

Outcomes for pupils are now good. Current pupils are making good progress from their individual starting points in reading, writing and mathematics. The behaviour of pupils is good, and is rooted in the respect and care they have for each other.

Pupils are polite and display good manners. Pupils' personal development and welfare are good. They are well prepared for the next steps in their education.

Most pupils work hard, but occasionally there is a lack of drive and urgency to succeed. This is sometimes seen in a lack of concentration and productivity, or not sticking at a difficult task. The school has worked hard to improve pupils' rates of attendance with some success.

These improvements need to continue. Because of consistently good teaching, pupils learn quickly. Teachers and teaching assistants alike are skilled at supporting pupils' learning.

Teachers generally match work accurately to pupils' varying abilities. On occasions, work can lack challenge, usually for the most able pupils. The school's wider curriculum is under review to ensure that subject-specific skills and knowledge are planned and taught more sequentially.

The leadership of mathematics is strong. Further work is needed to ensure that the leadership of other subjects is of equally good quality.

Information about this school

The school is slightly smaller than the average-sized primary school.

The vast majority of pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of pupils who are known to be eligible for support from pupil premium funding is below average. The proportion of pupils with SEND is just below average.

The school's part-time Nursery provision operates in the morning and afternoon. Reception children attend on a full-time basis. The school meets the government's current floor standards.

These are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. The teacher of the Year 4, 5 and 6 class has been in post for less than two weeks. The school most recent section 48 religious education inspection took place on 3 March 2017.

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