Stockton Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Good leadership and management have ensured that Stockton has improved its performance since the time of the last inspection. It continues to improve and pupils now attain good outcomes. The quality of teaching is good and improving.

The headteacher has inducted new staff effectively. Leadership in the early years is particularly effective. Staff and parents work very well together to ensure that children receive high-quality learning experiences.

Pupils gain a secure understanding of phonics in the early years. This helps them to make good progress in their reading as they move through the school. Pupils write well.

They use the...ir secure grammar and punctuation skills effectively when writing in all subjects. Over the past academic year, their handwriting has improved markedly. Standards in mathematics are not as good as in reading and writing.

This is owing to the most able pupils not being challenged as well as they could be. Leaders do not monitor the quality of teaching in mathematics as well as they do in other subjects. Disadvantaged pupils achieve well.

Funding is used to ensure that their individual needs are addressed effectively. The school's work to ensure that pupils are kept safe is effective. Governors check that staff understand their responsibilities and that they carry out their duties appropriately.

Pupils attend well and are punctual. Pupils conduct themselves well around the school and demonstrate good attitudes in their lessons. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is promoted well.

The curriculum enables pupils to develop a clear sense of tolerance and respect. This prepares them well for life in modern Britain.

Information about this school

The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website.

Stockton is smaller than the average-sized primary school. Pupils are taught in mixed-age classes in the school. There are classes for Reception and Year 1; Years 1 and 2; Years 3 and 4; and Years 5 and 6.

Children attend full-time in the Reception Year. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds is well below average. Most pupils come from a White British background.

Very few speak English as an additional language. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported by the pupil premium is well below the national average. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is similar to the national average.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for attainment and progress by the end of Year 6. A before- and after-school club runs every day and is managed by the governors. Four new teachers have joined the school since the time of the last inspection.