Maidwell Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school. Outstanding teaching enables pupils to make outstanding gains in their learning from their starting points at the school. The headteacher provides very strong leadership.

Determined efforts by the headteacher, subject leaders and governors have maintained the outstanding quality of teaching and pupils' achievements since the previous inspection. Pupils' behaviour and knowledge of how to keep themselves safe are excellent. The quality of teaching is regularly kept under review and staff support one another extremely well.

Pupils' moral and social development is promoted particularly well. The school caters equally well for all gro...ups of pupils, so all are very happy in school and make excellent progress. The curriculum is very well planned and offers pupils a very good range of experiences.

The governing body is well led and both supports and challenges the school very effectively. The school is particularly successful in helping the regular intake of pupils during Key Stage 2 to make exceptional progress, often from very low starting points. Very good attention is given to individuals and their progress is tracked very well.

Parents think highly of the school and all those who completed 'Parent View' would recommend the school to others.

Information about this school

The school is smaller than the average-sized primary school. It has three mixed-age classes: Reception with Years 1 and 2, Years 3 and 4, and Years 5 and 6.

Almost all pupils are from White British backgrounds. The proportion of pupils who are supported by the pupil premium is very much lower than average. This is additional government funding for pupils who are looked after by the local authority, and those known to be eligible for free school meals.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported by school action is lower than the national average. The proportion supported by school action plus or who have a statement of special educational needs is double the national average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics.

The proportion of pupils who enter or leave the school at times other than the usual ones is much higher than usually found. Most of these pupils are new entrants and arrive during Key Stage 2. The school has its own breakfast club.