Mugginton CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

The headteacher's relentless focus on improvement, particularly in teaching and learning, is a major factor in pupils' good and improving achievement. Teaching is good overall, with some that is outstanding. There is much that is imaginative and lively.

This captures the pupils' attention and keeps them engrossed. Skilled teaching in Reception ensures that children quickly become confident and able to work on their own. Staff and governors focus successfully on making sure no pupil is left out and all are given the help they need to succeed.

This includes helping disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs to me...et their targets. The school makes excellent provision for pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through the subjects they teach and the wide range of special events on offer. The pupils' exemplary behaviour and extremely positive attitudes to learning are significant factors in their good achievement.

Pupils are unfailingly polite to each other, staff and visitors. They are very keen to please and want to succeed. This is a school community in which pupils feel very safe and thrive.

The strong partnership forged with families reflects the genuine care for parents and their children. Governors provide effective support to the school but are never afraid to challenge the actions of the school where necessary. The headteacher's strong leadership inspires everyone, both staff and pupils, to continually strive to improve.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : The proportion of outstanding teaching is not high enough. On occasion, teachers set pupils work that is too hard or too easy. There are inconsistencies in the quality of feedback pupils receive, and teachers do not make sure that pupils follow the advice they are given.

Information about this school

Mugginton Church of England Primary is much smaller than the average-sized primary school. Pupils are taught in two mixed-age classes. A Reception and Year 1 and 2 class, and a Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 class.

The large majority of pupils are White British. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is below average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is below average.

A below-average proportion of pupils are supported by the pupil premium, which in this school provides additional funding for pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals or who are looked after by the local authority. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics. There is a before- and after-school care club on site which is run by the governors.