St Lawrence CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Pupils love to learn at this school. They achieve well and reach standards at the end of Key Stages 1 and 2 that are above national averages. Pupils make good progress from Reception to Year 6.

They make particularly good progress in mathematics in Key Stage 2. Good and increasingly outstanding teaching inspires pupils' curiosity and their sense of wonder. As a result of good teaching, younger pupils quickly learn about letters and the sounds they make.

This leads to strong reading habits throughout the school. The headteacher, school leaders and governors are improving the quality of teaching and raising pupils' achievement. Pu...pils show exceptional pride in their work, their school and the local environment.

They show great respect for each other and for their teachers in this calm, safe and well-ordered school. They behave extremely well. Pupils themselves have helped the school to create a powerful set of 'learning habits'.

The wide range of subjects and activities available to pupils strengthen these habits. From outdoor play in Reception to tag rugby at Twickenham, the physical well-being of all pupils is greatly enhanced by healthy eating, enjoyment of exercise and competitive sport. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Pupils' progress in writing in Key Stage 2 is not consistently as good as in reading or mathematics.

The outstanding teaching practice that exists in the school is not yet shared enough to help other teachers improve their skills.

Information about this school

St Lawrence is an average-sized primary school. The very large majority of pupils come from White British backgrounds.

The percentage of pupils who are supported through the pupil premium (which in this school provides additional funding for pupils in local authority care and those known to be eligible for free school meals) is below average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is also average.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. The school runs a breakfast club each morning before lessons. There is a privately managed nursery on the school site.

It was not included in this inspection. The headteacher is retiring in the spring term of 2014. A new headteacher has been appointed.

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