Norbury Hall Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Behaviour and safety are excellent because : pupils are keen to learn, feel safe and enjoy coming to the school. This is reflected by their above average attendance. Pupils achieve well.

They make good progress in English and mathematics, especially at Key Stage 2. By the time pupils leave at the end of Year 6 standards are above average. All groups make good progress including disabled pupils, those who have special educational needs and those pupils who receive additional funding through the pupil premium.

Pupils make good progress in reading because : of well embedded phonics (letters and the sounds they make) teaching in the... school. Teaching is usually good and some is outstanding. As a result, pupils make good progress in English and mathematics.

The clear leadership of the new headteacher and senior leaders has made rapid and substantial improvements and progress has accelerated, especially in reading and mathematics. The governing body is also ambitious for the school. Governors and senior leaders are determined to continue to improve still further the quality of teaching and pupils' achievement.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Pupils' progress in writing is weaker than in reading and mathematics at Key Stage 1. There is not enough outstanding teaching to ensure that all pupils make rapid progress.

Information about this school

Norbury Hall Primary School is larger than an average sized primary school.

The proportion of pupils for whom the school receives the pupil premium is well below 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 by the local authority.) The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs 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 below average. The large majority of pupils are White British. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds and of pupils who speak English as an additional language is below average.

A new headteacher and deputy headteacher joined the school in September 2012. As part of Tameside Teaching Schools Alliance, the headteacher has been supporting other schools to improve their outcomes. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

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