Stirchley Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils make good progress in a range of subjects including reading, writing and mathematics. A good number of pupils who stay at the school for more than two years make excellent progress in reading and writing.

Teaching has improved and is now consistently good. Some is outstanding. Teachers give pupils ample opportunity to talk about their learning and to explain their thinking.

Pupils' positive attitudes make a significant contribution to their learning in lessons. Pupils feel safe because they feel that the school gives them good strategies to deal with any concerns and issues in their lives. Behaviour is good.

Improvement t...o the behaviour of pupils with particular behavioural needs is excellent because of the positive and respectful way that all staff engage with pupils. The headteacher has established a vision of high expectations for pupils' personal and academic achievement. As a result, all teachers and other staff are constantly looking for how they can improve what they do.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teachers do not always make it clear enough what pupils will be learning in lessons and how precisely they will know when they have been successful. Occasionally, teachers set activities that do not give pupils just the right amount of challenge in lessons because they are too easy or too hard. Pupils do not have frequent enough opportunities to solve real-life problems in mathematics and so apply and extend their knowledge and skills.

Information about this school

Stirchley Community School is smaller than the average-sized primary school. The majority of pupils are from White British backgrounds. The remainder of pupils are from a number of different minority ethnic backgrounds.

A well above-average proportion of pupils speak English as an additional language. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is above average. The proportion supported through school action plus and with a statement of special educational needs is well above average.

A well above-average proportion of the pupils are eligible for the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for children in local authority care and pupils known to be eligible for free school meals. A high number of pupils leave and join the school in all year groups at different times throughout the year. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expected standard for pupils' attainment and progress.