St Peters CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Good teaching ensures all pupils, including those who need extra help and the most able, make good progress in reading, writing and mathematics.

The standards pupils reach at the end of Year 2 and by the time they leave the school in Year 6 are above average. Pupils' behaviour is good. They are polite and respectful to adults and to each other.

Their positive attitudes to learning in lessons help them to learn well. Pupils say they feel safe and are well looked after in school, and their parents agree. They enjoy coming to school as seen by their consistently above-average attendance.

Led by a determined headteacher, leaders, in...cluding the governing body, and staff work together well as a team. As a result, the school has a good capacity to secure further improvement. Those in charge of leading subjects and other areas of the school's work know what is going well and what needs to be done to improve.

Leaders at all levels keep a close check on how well their actions to improve the school are helping pupils to make good progress. The wide range of learning opportunities offered to pupils contributes well to their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. It is not yet an outstanding school because : There is not enough outstanding teaching to take pupils' good achievement to the next level, particularly in writing.

Some teachers' explanations are too long and limit the time pupils have to work on their own and find things out for themselves. More-able pupils do not always make the best possible progress because not all teachers set work that challenges them to think hard enough. Although most teachers' marking of pupils' work tells them what to do to improve, this is not the case in all classes.

Some pupils are given insufficient time to respond to teachers' comments in order to improve their skills, especially in writing.

Information about this school

St Peter's Church of England Primary School is much larger than most primary schools. The school is on a split site.

The Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 buildings are separated by a churchyard and public road. About half the pupils are White British and half come from minority ethnic backgrounds. One pupil in every five speaks English as an additional language.

An average proportion of the pupils are eligible for the pupil premium, which provides additional funding to the school. The funding is based on the number of children at the school in local authority care and those known to be eligible for free school meals. The percentage of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs who are supported by school action is average.

A below-average proportion of pupils are supported by school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs. The school meets the current government floor standard, which sets the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. An 'Out of School Club', managed by the governing body, operates on the school site.