St Peter’s CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Pupils are proud of their school.

They get on exceptionally well together and they are keen to learn. They feel very safe in the supportive school environment. There was an exceptionally strong rise in standards in 2012.

The progress made by Year 6 pupils compared very favourably with that in schools nationally: it was in the top 14%. Standards are rising rapidly throughout the school and pupils' underachievement from the past is being attended to effectively. Pupils of all backgrounds and abilities are doing well.

Children enter the nursery with skills and abilities well below what is normal for their age. They now make good pro...gress and by the end of the reception year most children are approaching normal standards. Mathematics is strong throughout the school.

Teaching is good. Several lessons seen had outstanding teaching. Teaching is rarely less than good.

No inadequate teaching was seen. Since her recent appointment, the headteacher has put in hand extremely fast improvement in pupils' achievement and teaching. She has the vigorous support of staff at all levels; there is a shared commitment to the pursuit of excellence.

Procedures for the management of teachers' work are robust. The school manages resources well. Pupil premium funding is spent wisely and to good effect.

The school is supported well by the local authority and the governing body. It is not yet an outstanding school because : While impressive, improvements have been evident for but a short time. The school recognises the need for consolidation and refinement of recent changes.

Teaching is not yet consistently outstanding. Standards in reading and writing could be better, especially for more-able pupils.

Information about this school

This is an average-sized primary school.

Almost two thirds of the pupils are of minority ethnic heritage and for most of these pupils English is not the language of the home. However, very few are at an early stage of learning English. Half the pupils are eligible for pupil premium funding, double the national proportion.

(Pupil premium is additional funding allocated for pupils in the care of the local authority, or known to be eligible for free school meals or whose families are in the armed forces.) The school has a very small number of pupils in the care of the local authority, none from armed services families and a large number who are eligible for free school meals. The proportion of pupils whose learning needs are supported at the level known as 'school action' is below average.

The proportion of pupils supported at 'school action plus', or with a statement of special educational needs, is average. Pupils in Years 1 to 6 are taught in single-age classes; nursery and reception children sometimes work together and sometimes separately. For literacy and numeracy, pupils in Years 3 and 4 and in Years 5 and 6 are grouped in sets by ability.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. The headteacher joined the school fifteen months ago. The school has a before-school care club.