Norwell CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The issues identified as requiring improvement at the last inspection have been addressed.

Pupils of all abilities, including the most-able are now achieving well throughout the school. The executive headteacher is a strong leader who has worked very successfully to help the school improve. As a result, teaching is improving enabling pupils to make good progress.

Teaching in reading, writing and mathematics is now good throughout the school. Teachers capture pupils' interests and encourage them to think hard, question and explain their answers. Support for pupils who are disabled or who have special educational needs is good.

Th...is supports these pupils to make good progress. Pupils' behaviour is good. Pupils are enthusiastic about learning and show respect and tolerance for others.

Leaders ensure that pupils are kept safe and secure. Pupils talked with the inspector about how to keep themselves safe and about the school's focus on risks from modern technologies. Governors have considerable expertise and keep a regular and careful check on the work of the school.

Leaders ensure that children in the early years get off to a good start. Children are inquisitive and keen to learn. As a result of effective provision, children make good progress in the early years.

The curriculum is planned well and promotes pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development well. Pupils learn about British values and are well prepared for life in modern Britain. It is not yet an outstanding school because : The activities set by teachers are not always pitched at the right level for all pupils to do as well as they could.

Collaborative working with the partnership school has not had time to impact fully on pupils' achievement. There are not enough opportunities made available for parents and carers to be involved in how to support their child's learning more successfully.

Information about this school

The school is much smaller than the average-sized primary school.

Pupils are taught in two mixed-age classes: Class 1, for Reception-age children and pupils in Years 1 and 2; and Class 2, for Years 3, 4, 5 and 6. Most pupils are from White British backgrounds. No pupils speak English as an additional language.

There are significantly more girls than boys on roll. The proportion of pupils supported through the pupil premium is far smaller than average. The pupil premium is additional funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those looked after by the local authority.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is below average. However, more than a third of the pupils in Year 3 have special educational needs. The school works in partnership with St Matthew's CofE Primary School and the governing bodies of both schools are currently considering a formal partnership between the two schools.

The executive headteacher is executive headteacher for both schools. The school's national test results cannot be compared to the government's floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. This is because there are fewer than the minimum 11 pupils required to make such a comparison meaningful.