Springfield Junior School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school. The outstanding headteacher is highly ambitious for the school and the pupils.

He is well supported by the deputy headteacher, senior staff and a highly committed staff team. Leaders have an accurate understanding of the school's performance and are clear about what needs to be done to improve it further. Governors, expertly led by the chair, are very knowledgeable of the school's strengths and weaknesses.

They provide a very good balance of help and challenge, and are ambitious for continued improvement. Teaching is outstanding. Teachers have very high expectations of pupils.

They provide early support to fill gaps in p...upils' previous learning and quicken their progress. Teachers use their excellent questioning skills to check on pupils' learning and to make sure that pupils think hard. They use pupils responses to adapt the level of work to accelerate progress further.

Pupils achieve exceptionally well across the school and make outstanding progress from their individual starting points. Most pupils leave school with standards that are well above average in reading, writing and mathematics. All pupils, including disabled pupils, those who have special educational needs and disadvantaged pupils supported through the pupil premium, make excellent progress.

Pupils feel safe at school, behave exceptionally well and want to learn. They are respectful and kind to each other, to staff and to visitors. Pupils' very positive attitudes to school promote their good attendance.

Information about this school

This is a larger than average-sized junior school. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported at school action is above national at just over a ninth. The proportion at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is also above the national average at a seventh.

The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium (the extra government funding for pupils looked after by the local authority and those known to be eligible for free school meals) is above the national average at just under a third. Most pupils come from White British backgrounds. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics.