Miers Court Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The headteacher, deputy headteacher and governors provide good leadership for the school.

They work well together and have maintained the school's good performance since the previous inspection. Pupils' achievement is good. Pupils make good progress and reach overall standards that are above average in reading and writing.

Standards in mathematics are broadly average and are rapidly improving by the end of Year 6. Disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs receive effective support and make good progress from their different starting points. The quality of teaching is good.

Teachers have good relationships with... pupils and motivate them so that they learn well. Children get a good start to school in the early years. They quickly develop confidence and independence and make good progress.

Pupils' behaviour is good in lessons and in the playground. They have good attitudes to learning. They are polite and friendly.

Attendance is above average. Good safety arrangements ensure that pupils feel safe, are happy and are well looked after. Governors have a good understanding of the school's strengths and areas to improve.

They hold leaders to account effectively. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teaching is not yet typically outstanding. Some teachers do not always have high enough expectations of the achievement of the most able pupils in Years 3 to 6 in mathematics.

As a result, these pupils do not always make the fastest possible progress. The school's agreed marking policy is not consistently used by all teachers to ensure that pupils learn as well as they can by knowing how to improve their work.

Information about this school

The school is much larger than the average-sized primary school.

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

The pupil premium is additional government funding for disadvantaged pupils. The school meets the current government floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of Year 6. Provision is made for the early years in two Reception classes, which the children attend full time.

There is pre-school and breakfast club provision on the school site. These are managed by private providers and, therefore, not included in this inspection. There is a children's centre on the school site which is subject to a separate inspection.

Over the past 18 months, seven of the 14 class teachers have started at the school. Unexpected circumstances beyond the control of leaders have caused some turbulence in staffing. This has meant that some classes have had several teachers or supply teachers over the period.

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