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Mrs Hayley Kotze
Address
Cimba Wood, Gravesend, DA12 4SD
Phone Number
01474352620
Phase
Academy
Type
Academy sponsor led
Age Range
7-11
Religious Character
Does not apply
Gender
Mixed
Number of Pupils
504
Local Authority
Kent
Highlights from Latest Inspection
This inspection rating relates to a predecessor school. When a school converts to an academy, is taken over or closes and reopens as a new school a formal link is created between the new school and the old school, by the Department for Education. Where the new school has not yet been inspected, we show the inspection history of the predecessor school, as we believe it still has significance.
Summary of key findings for parents and pupils
This is a school that requires improvement Teaching, learning and assessment are not yet consistently good.
This means that pupils' achievement in reading, writing and mathematics is uneven and not yet good across the school. Effective questioning is not yet fully embedded across all classes to ensure pupils' depth of knowledge, skills and understanding. Teachers do not always use assessment information effectively to check pupils' understanding to ensure that they make more rapid gains in their learning, particularly in mathematics.
The gap between the achievement of disadvantaged pupils and others is too wide. The most-able pupils are not sufficiently challe...nged with demanding work. Pupils' spelling is not good enough.
There has been insufficient time to see the full impact of the work of middle and subject leaders on the quality of teaching and learning and pupils' progress. Previous inaccurate assessments mean that senior leaders and governors do not have a strategic and accurate overview of the progress of different groups, as well as their attainment. The school has the following strengths The interim executive headteacher provides strong leadership.
She is ably supported by the local leader of education and other senior leaders. As a result of their work, they have ensured that this is an improving school. Since the previous inspection, the governing body has become more effective in supporting the school and holding leaders to account.
It now has the necessary skills and expertise to support further improvement. Teaching is improving. Staff work hard and respond well to opportunities to further develop their skills.
Pupils behave well in lessons, around the school and in the playground. They have good attitudes to learning and want to do well. Attendance is above average.
There are good relationships between staff and pupils. Pupils are friendly, polite and respectful. Safeguarding procedures are effective, and pupils are looked after well and feel safe in school.
Information about this school
Riverview is larger than the average-sized junior school. Most pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils who are supported by the pupil premium is below average.
The pupil premium is additional government funding to support those pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those who are looked after by the local authority. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs or disability is below average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics.
The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website. The school provides a daily breakfast club. The school is currently led by an interim executive headteacher, appointed in July 2015, who is also the headteacher of the infant school on the same site, an interim deputy headteacher appointed in October 2015, and an interim head of school who was appointed in April 2016.
The leader of special educational needs was appointed in April 2016 and had previously been assistant special educational needs leader since September 2015. The school is also currently supported by a local leader of education, who is headteacher at Culverstone Green Primary School. The substantive headteacher retired in April 2015.
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