Ninelands Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

The strong leadership of the headteacher has ensured the school has maintained and built upon the good achievement, teaching and leadership and management noted at the previous inspection. There are rigorous procedures for checking how well the school is doing and how it could do better. The governing body is supportive and fully involved in helping leaders and managers to move the school forward by sustaining improvements to the quality of teaching and pupils' achievement.

Pupils achieve well and make good progress. Consequently, their attainment in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6 is broadly average. Teaching is good overal...l and the amount of outstanding teaching is increasing.

Teachers expect the best of pupils' behaviour and of what they should achieve. Pupils' behaviour is exemplary and their attendance is above average. They have a thorough understanding of how to keep themselves and others safe.

It is not yet an outstanding school because: Pupils' ability to use increasingly complex sentences and apply their mathematical skills to solve number problems is not well developed. There are not enough opportunities for pupils to use their writing and mathematical skills in different subjects. Not all teachers consistently provide pupils with work that gets the best out of them.

Marking and discussion are not always used effectively to show pupils how to improve.

Information about this school

Ninelands is much larger than the average-sized primary school. A below-average proportion of pupils are known to be eligible for the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for children in local authority care, pupils whose parents are in the armed forces, and pupils known to be eligible for free school meals.

The proportion of pupils supported through school action is below average. The proportion of pupils supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is average. Most pupils are of White British heritage.

The school meets the current government floor standards, which set minimum expectations for attainment and progress. The privately managed before-and-after-school provision is subject to a separate inspection and the report is published on the Ofsted website. The school has gained a number of national awards, including the Active Mark, Inclusion Chartermark, Basic skillsMark, ICT Mark, Artsmark and holds Healthy School status.

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