Spooner Row Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils make good progress from their different starting points.

Overall standards in reading and writing are above those expected by the end of Year 6. The attainment and progress in mathematics has improved recently due to better teaching. Progress in reading is good due to the effective teaching of linking sounds and letters (phonics).

Teaching is good. Lessons are well-planned and resourced. Teaching assistants offer good quality support for pupils.

Pupils' behaviour is exemplary. Their very positive attitudes to learning have a strong impact on their good progress. They demonstrate a real pride in their school and are very c...aring towards each other.

Since her appointment the headteacher and governing body have provided the school with strong leadership. The school provides pupils with outstanding spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. The good teaching of mathematics is the result of outstanding subject leadership and changes to teachers' skills.

Equally good improvements to pupils' writing have been made through introducing more drama and role play. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teachers do not always give pupils time to respond to written feedback on how they can improve their work. Not all the work in subjects other than English and mathematics is well-matched to pupils' earlier learning.

Spelling, punctuation and handwriting skills are not as good as they could be. The leadership of other subjects is not as strong as it is in English and mathematics and neither is the tracking of pupils' progress. The governing body do not work closely enough with subject leaders.

Information about this school

Spooner Row Community Primary School is a much smaller than average-sized primary school. The large majority of pupils are White British. There are very few pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds or who do not speak English as a first language.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is below average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is below average. A below-average proportion of the pupils are supported by the pupil premium, which in this school provides additional funding for pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals or looked after by a local authority.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. There is a privately managed pre-school that shares the school's site. This is inspected and reported on separately.

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