Monton Green Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils achieve well. The needs of all groups of pupils are met well throughout the school.

Children make good progress in the creative Early Years Foundation Stage. Pupils make good progress to reach above average standards in English and mathematics by the end of Key Stage 2. Teaching is good and some is outstanding.

Teachers make sure that pupils enjoy learning and, as a result, most are eager to learn. Pupils behave well, are generally respectful to each other and have good relationships with the adults in the school. Parents say their children are safe in the school and are pleased with the quality of care their children receive.
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The headteacher, together with senior staff and governors, has developed a strong sense of teamwork which has resulted in improved teaching and consistently good achievement for all pupils. The interesting range of activities offered by the school makes a strong contribution to pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Not enough teaching is outstanding.

Occasionally, teachers do not plan and teach lessons which suitably challenge all pupils to achieve their best. Partnerships with parents and the wider community to explore how the school can improve further and, consequently, ensure all pupils make outstanding progress in their learning, are not fully developed.

Information about this school

This is a larger-than-average-sized primary school.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium is average. (The pupil premium is additional funding for those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals, children from service families and those children that are looked after.) The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported through school action is above average.

The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is above average. The school has specially resourced provision for up to 10 pupils with special educational needs. Pupils here have moderate learning needs.

Pupils are allocated a place within this provision by the local authority. For a high proportion of the school day, these pupils are taught within a class which is set up to meet their specific needs. The proportion of pupils that join the school other than at the usual times is above average.

Almost all the pupils are of White British heritage. The school runs a breakfast club and an after-school club. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.