Sproughton Church of England Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Leaders, managers and governors provide decisive leadership of teaching. Consequently, achievement is good, particularly that of the most able.

Pupils' behaviour is good. They have a clear sense of themselves as learners and regularly reflect on how well they are doing. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is well provided for.

They learn from an early age that they have both rights and responsibilities towards the community. Staff know pupils very well and give great emphasis to their happiness, well-being and safety. Teaching is good and all staff regularly check pupils' understanding as lessons progress and correc...t any misunderstandings.

The vast majority of pupils make good progress and achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics through Key Stages 1 and 2. Children in the early years provision achieve well from the good teaching and care they receive. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Pupils' speaking skills are not well developed.

Pupils have few opportunities to use their mathematical skills in other subjects.

Information about this school

This school is much smaller than the average-sized primary school. Reception children are taught in one class.

Other year groups are taught in mixed-age classes; Years 1 and 2, Years 3 and 4 and Years 5 and 6. The Reception class operates full time from the start of the academic year in September. The vast majority of pupils are White British.

Disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs make up about one in seven of the pupils. This is below the national average. About one pupil in every 10 is eligible for support through the pupil premium (the extra government funding for pupils looked after and those known to be eligible for free school meals).

This is well below the national average. The headteacher mentors another local headteacher and is the local authority's 'challenge partner' for another school. There were too few pupils in Year 6 in 2014 to report reliably whether the government's current minimum standards for school performance were reached.

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