St Ann’s Church of England Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school.

Pupils make consistently excellent progress in every year group. Standards are significantly above average across the school. The quality of teaching has continued to improve and is now outstanding.

The Early Years Foundation Stage provides a first-rate start to children's education; as a result, they are already highly motivated learners by the time they join Key Stage 1. Their enthusiasm does not flag throughout the years that follow. The school's lively, rich curriculum engages pupils' interests fully and they are often seen to be deeply absorbed in their learning activities in lessons.

Pupils' behaviour is exemplary ...and they are considerate, friendly and polite. They feel very safe and secure in school and parents express great confidence in the care the school provides for their children. The headteacher is an inspirational leader.

She has created an extremely strong team. Staff morale is high and everyone shares her high expectations and ambitions for the pupils and the school. Very effective senior and middle leaders help to drive forward the school's programme of on-going improvements.

Leaders make regular checks on teaching, providing excellent guidance and practical advice; this has helped to raise the overall quality of teaching from good to outstanding. Pupils' progress is tracked very carefully and regularly. This ensures that every pupil is provided with levels of support or challenge that are closely matched to their individual needs.

Information about pupils' progress is shared with governors and staff each half term. Summary reports are very detailed and this sometimes means that the 'big picture' is not always presented as clearly as it might be. Governors are very effective and are actively involved in all aspects of the school's life.

They keep a careful check on how well pupils are achieving in both their academic and their personal development.

Information about this school

The school is larger than most other primary schools. Most pupils are White British, with a small proportion from a range of other heritages and backgrounds.

Currently, nearly all of the pupils in school speak English as their home language and there are no pupils at an early stage of learning to speak English. The proportion of pupils supported through school action is average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is considerably below average.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for pupil premium funding is smaller than that found in most schools. This additional government funding is provided for those pupils known to be eligible for free school meals, children from service families and those children who are looked after by the local authority. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' achievement in reading, writing and mathematics.