Selside Endowed CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The executive headteacher has brought about a new air of calm and positivity in this welcoming Christian school.

She has secured considerable improvements following a decline in pupils' standards in recent years. Leaders have an accurate view of the quality of education that the school provides. Their actions have ensured that the vast majority of pupils now make good progress.

Pupils' progress in reading is particularly strong. Pupils make good progress in a wide range of subjects other than English and mathematics. The school's Christian character informs the work that leaders do to promote pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural ...development effectively.

Governors have a good overview of standards in the school. They hold leaders to account strongly. Pupils feel safe and know how to keep themselves safe.

Pupils' behaviour is outstanding. They are consistently courteous and impeccably polite. Leaders provide a broad and interesting curriculum.

They cater well for the full range of academic experiences. They complement these with activities that are effective in promoting pupils' physical and mental health. Although pupils' progress in writing and mathematics has improved, it is still not as strong as that in reading.

Sometimes teachers do not match work to pupils' abilities. This is particularly the case in science for the most able. Pupils have a good understanding of Christianity and Islam but have less secure knowledge about other faiths and beliefs.

Information about this school

This is a Church of England, voluntary-aided primary school. The school was inspected under section 48 of the Education Act 2005 in March 2017. This is a well below average-sized primary school.

Pupils are taught in two mixed-age classes. Leaders run a breakfast club and an after-school club for pupils at the school. Almost all pupils are of White British heritage.

The number of pupils eligible for pupil premium funding is less than five. The number of pupils who receive support for their special educational needs and/or disabilities is less than five. No pupils have an education, health and care plan.

The school has a governor-run Nursery provision under section 27 of the Education Act 2002 (community powers). This is for children who are three and four years old. There are currently fewer than five children in this provision.

This arrangement does not affect the age range of the school. There are currently no children in the Reception class. The executive headteacher took up her substantive role in September 2018.

She had worked intensively with the previous headteacher as a local leader of education since November 2017. She is also headteacher at another small primary school in the area. A senior teacher deputises for her when she is away from the site.