Sheringdale Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school.

Outstanding teaching ensures that pupils make rapid progress and achieve exceptionally well whatever their starting points. Standards at the end of Year 6 are significantly above average in reading, writing and mathematics. Leaders and managers have ensured that teaching and pupils' achievement are outstanding across the school.

Opportunities are created to share exemplary practice and teachers feel very well supported in developing their classroom skills. The school is constantly evaluating its performance and making any changes necessary in the drive for even higher outcomes. Pupils' well-being is at the heart of all decisions ...made.

Teachers give pupils exceptionally high quality feedback on how well they are working and encourage them to reflect on what they need to do next. The school has successfully met the recommendations from the previous inspection with notable impact on outcomes for individual and groups of pupils. Pupils' exemplary attitudes to learning contribute significantly to the exceptional progress they make in lessons.

Teachers encourage pupils to be resilient and to persevere and so pupils have a remarkable determination to do well and take great pride in their accomplishments. The headteacher is well supported by leaders and managers at all levels and a committed and highly effective governing body. It is this seamless teamwork that is key to improving the quality of teaching and pupils' achievement.

Pupils are happy and feel safe. They say they love coming to school. Parents and carers agree and the high attendance figures clearly show this to be true.

The school promotes pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development exceptionally well. Pupils are extremely mature and thoughtful in their outlook. Pupils are confident and have extremely good social skills which, along with their excellent academic achievements, means they are exceptionally well prepared for secondary school.

Information about this school

This school is a slightly larger than average-sized primary school. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs who are supported through school action is less than half the national average. The proportion supported through school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is also lower than nationally.

A far smaller proportion of pupils are eligible for the pupil premium (additional funding for pupils in local authority care, those known to be eligible for free school meals and children from service families) than is the case nationally. It is common for there to be only one or two per class. The school does not currently have any pupils who are looked after by the local authority on roll.

The school's proportion of pupils from ethnic minority backgrounds is more than double the national average. Twelve different groups are represented in varying numbers, mirroring the diverse community in which the school is set. Nearly half the pupils in the school speak English as an additional language, a few of whom are at the early stages of learning English.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. The current headteacher joined the school in the summer term of 2011. There have been a number of appointments to senior posts more recently.

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