St Anne’s CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Pupils achieve well. They make good progress from low starting points to reach average standards in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6.

Leaders and managers are continually refining the quality of teaching to ensure that it is good. They make regular checks on classroom performance and provide highly effective support and training to enable teachers to develop their practice. Leaders and managers have thought carefully when recruiting new staff in order to build a comprehensive team with the range of skills and experience needed to meet pupils' needs.

The school works increasingly well with parents and this has driven up attenda...nce, which has improved considerably since the previous inspection and is now above average. Regular attendance has helped to drive up both attainment and progress. Pupils behave well around the school and in lessons.

They feel safe, understand how to keep themselves safe and treat each other with a high degree of respect. The school has a set of shared values which underpin everything from daily classroom plans to senior leadership decisions. This ensures that the provision for promoting pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural skills is very strong.

Governors are much more effective in their roles than at the time of the previous inspection. They now have an accurate view of how the school compares to other schools and support the headteacher well to drive on-going improvement. It is not yet an outstanding school because : The proportion of outstanding teaching is not yet high enough to ensure pupils make and sustain rapid progress in all subjects.

Pupils are not always given the opportunity to develop as independent learners. Checks on pupils' progress in other subjects are not as effective as they are in English and mathematics.

Information about this school

This is slightly smaller than the average-sized primary school.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported through school action is higher than the national average. The proportion of those supported through school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is slightly above national figures. Almost half the pupils are entitled to the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for looked-after children, pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and the children of service families.

This is nearly double the national average. No children in the school are looked after by the local authority or are from service families. The school serves a diverse community and therefore the proportion of pupils of minority ethnic origin is far higher than average, with 11 different ethnic groups represented in varying numbers.

The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is nearly double the national average, a small number 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. Since the previous inspection, there has been considerable staff turnover, including the appointment of a new headteacher and deputy headteacher.

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