Radbrook Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils' behaviour is excellent.

The school is a calm and purposeful place where outstanding manners are the norm. Pupils enjoy school and attendance is high. Pupils' achievement is good because pupils enter the school with standards that are broadly typical for their age and leave with attainment that is above national averages.

Pupils make good progress as they move through the school. The dip seen in 2012 has been reversed. Most pupils now achieve well, especially in mathematics.

Teaching is good. Staff use questions well, both to assess what pupils know and to encourage them to work things out for themselves. The headteacher,... senior team and governing body take a strong lead in driving improvement.

Rigorous checks on teaching and good use of training and support for individual teachers have improved classroom practice and pupils' achievement. The spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of the pupils is strong and at the centre of the school's work. Outstanding care, support and guidance ensure that pupils feel extremely safe and well cared for.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : In a few lessons, teachers take too long to explain to pupils what they need to do and this slows their learning. Teaching does not always meet the needs of all pupils. Not all teachers model how to present work or to solve problems at the start of the lesson so that less able pupils understand how to set about getting the right answer.

Teachers' marking does not always make clear exactly how pupils should improve their work and teachers sometimes do not consistently provide opportunities for pupils to respond to the advice they are given in lessons.

Information about this school

The school is a larger than the average-size primary school. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds and those speaking English as an additional language is below average The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have 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 also below average. A below average proportion of pupils are known to be eligible for the pupil premium (extra funding from the government for pupils in local authority care and those known to be eligible for free school meals). The school meets the government's current floor standards for primary schools, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.