Sevenoaks Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Pupils' attainment is above average by the end of Year 6. They achieve well because : teaching is good. Early reading and writing skills are taught well in the Reception classes and Key Stage 1.

In Key Stage 2, pupils learn quickly because teachers make learning interesting and meaningful by linking subjects together. Pupils develop very positive attitudes towards learning. They behave well most of the time and are friendly and well mannered.

They feel safe and take good care of each other. The school provides a very wide range of activities outside lessons and this contributes well to pupils' great enjoyment of school. Leaders ...have maintained a good pace to improvement throughout a period of transition and staff changes.

Consequently, pupils' attainment continues to rise. Leaders check the quality of teaching closely and set sharp targets to help it improve. The governing body is very knowledgeable about the school and provides good challenge to other leaders.

Parents and carers are very pleased with the work of the school. They support it well by raising substantial funds and by helping their children with work at home. It is not yet an outstanding school because : The gap between the attainment of pupils supported through additional government funding (the pupil premium) and others is not closing quickly enough.

Leaders do not check the effect of initiatives for these pupils closely enough so that successes can be identified and built on. Although teaching is good, there are still some minor inconsistencies. Pupils' differing needs are usually met well but occasionally teachers do not stretch the more able enough in mathematics.

Information about this school

The school is larger than the average-sized primary school. The majority of pupils are from White British backgrounds but around a fifth are of other ethnic heritage, including Indian, Pakistani and Polish. Only a few speak English as an additional language.

Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage are taught in two Reception classes. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs who are supported at school action is broadly average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is also broadly average.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium (additional government funding given to the school for children known to be eligible for free school meals, children who are looked after by the local authority and the children of service families) is below average. In this school, most eligible pupils are in the first of these categories. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

At the time of the inspection, Year 6 pupils were out of school on a residential visit. The breakfast club is managed by the governing body. An after-school club managed by an external provider was not inspected.

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