North Walsham Junior School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The highly effective leadership of the executive headteacher and the executive deputy headteacher has brought about rapid improvement to teaching and achievement this year.

As a result, pupils are making good progress. The new leadership team, together with governors, has been successful in driving improvement to make up for a legacy of underachievement. All inadequate teaching has been eliminated and teaching is now consistently good.

Teachers have high expectations of pupils; this is evident in the large volume of good quality work they produce. Behaviour is outstanding. Pupils are extremely courteous and considerate.

They hav...e excellent attitudes to learning. Pupils have every confidence in school staff to keep them safe. The school meets the pastoral needs of its most vulnerable pupils extremely well.

Governors bring a wealth of expertise to the school. They challenge leaders effectively and keep abreast of how well pupils are doing. It is not yet an outstanding school because : The work in pupils' religious education books does not always reflect the full range of activities they have undertaken.

Some members of staff are not fully secure in making the best use of assessment and tracking information about pupils' progress.

Information about this school

The school is larger than the average-sized primary school. There are three classes for each year group.

Most pupils are White British. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported by the pupil premium (additional funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals or looked after by the local authority) is above average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is above average.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' progress and attainment by the end of Year 6. The executive headteacher was headteacher of the infant school when the two schools federated in September 2012 and became executive headteacher over both schools. The executive deputy headteacher was deputy headteacher of the infant school until the deputy headteacher of the junior school left in 2014.

She then became executive deputy headteacher over both schools. There have been changes to the leadership team this year with the appointment of an inclusion leader, a Years 5 and 6 phase leader and the appointment of year group leaders. The school has been receiving support from a local leader of education at Buxton Primary School.

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