St James’ Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt | Reviews, Admissions and Catchment Area

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About St James’ Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt

Name

St James’ Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt

Website

http://www.alderholt.dorset.sch.uk/

Inspections

Ofsted Inspections

Academy conversion letter

This inspection rating relates to a predecessor school. When a school converts to an academy, is taken over or closes and reopens as a new school a formal link is created between the new school and the old school, by the Department for Education. Where the new school has not yet been inspected, we show the inspection history of the predecessor school, as we believe it still has significance.

Headteacher

Headteacher Jo Hudson

Address

Park Lane, Alderholt, Fordingbridge, SP6 3AJ

Phone Number

01425653063

Phase

Academy

Type

Academy converter

Age Range

2-9

Religious Character

Church of England

Gender

Mixed

Number of Pupils

Local Authority

Dorset

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. All groups of pupils achieve well but pupils' attainment and progress are not as good in mathematics as they are in reading and writing.

Initiatives to raise attainment in writing have been particularly successful, resulting in pupils making rapid progress. Plans are in place to strengthen pupils' achievement in mathematics, and teaching is good, with some that is outstanding. The school's capacity for further improvement is very good.

Provision in the Early Years Foundation Stage is strong and as a result children make very good progress. Pupils enjoy the exciting learning opportunities the school offers so they work hard and behave ver...y well at all times. They get on very well together not least because the school provides exceptionally well for their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

This creates a very positive climate for learning. Following a period of turbulence in leadership, the last eighteen months have seen the new headteacher provide stability and a very determined vision for further improvement. Staff and governors are a strong and committed team resolved to strive for the school to be outstanding in all of its work.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Pupils' achievement is not as good in mathematics as it is in reading and writing. Methods for dealing with mathematical calculation are not taught in the same way throughout the school. Teachers do not always show pupils sufficient examples of what they are expected to learn.

Teachers' time is not always planned well enough to ensure that pupils build their skills successfully throughout the lesson.

Information about this school

St James' is a small first school. Pupils attend mainly from the village.

All pupils are taught in five single-age classes. There are currently no disabled pupils in the school. The proportion of pupils with special educational needs supported through school action is above average.

The proportion of pupils with special educational needs supported at school action plus and those with a statement of special educational needs is average. The proportion of pupils eligible for the pupil premium (which provides additional funding for children in local authority care, those known to be eligible for free school meals and pupils with a parent in the armed services) is average. There is a well-established breakfast club run by the school and also a new after-school club.