Martinshaw Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Good leadership has effectively improved the quality of teaching and outcomes for pupils since the previous inspection, and they are now good. Leaders use good systems effectively to check how well each pupil is doing and to provide extra help where it is needed.

Pupils behave well. They say that they feel safe in school because the school has high regard for their welfare and care. Teaching is good.

Teachers give pupils work that is interesting and which inspires them to learn. Staff create positive relationships and provide a good level of support. The curriculum promotes pupils' personal development and their spiritual, moral, social a...nd cultural understanding well.

Good use is made of partnerships to develop teachers' skills and to widen the range of activities for pupils. Pupils make good progress in reading, writing and mathematics. Children in the early years make good progress because teaching is good.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : The most-able pupils do not always reach their full potential in writing. There are not enough opportunities for pupils to carry out mathematical investigations or to learn how to estimate. Guidance that teachers give to pupils is not always subject specific enough.

Leaders do not make sure that all staff know how well they are doing or how to improve. Some subject leaders do not know about the quality of teaching in their subjects.

Information about this school

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

Most pupils are of White heritage. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is average. The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium is below average.

The pupil premium funding is received for pupils who are, or who have been, eligible for free school meals, or who are looked after by the local authority. The school meets the government's floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6. The early years provision comprises a Reception class which children attend full time.

The school runs a daily breakfast club which is managed by the governing body. There is privately-run after-school care which is subject to separate inspection as it is not run by the school's governing body. The school has experienced some changes in staff since the previous inspection.