Street Lane Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The headteacher, other leaders and governors have successfully addressed the issues raised in the last inspection. They have ensured that teaching has improved and leads to good and rapidly improving achievement for pupils.

Leaders check on the progress made by all groups of pupils well. They ensure that if any are at risk of falling behind, additional help is swiftly provided and pupils quickly catch up. Pupils in Key Stage 1 make at least good and sometimes better progress in their reading, writing and mathematics skills.

They achieve well compared with others of their age. Pupils in Key Stage 2 are also making good or better progress ...and are on track to achieve much better than in previous years. This is because of the improvements in teaching and assessment.

Teachers have a good understanding of pupils' skills in different subjects. They use this knowledge well to ensure that pupils have work that is usually well matched to what they now need to learn. The school works well with parents so that they have a good understanding of how well their child is doing.

Staff invite parents to work with their children in lessons. Parents are very happy with the work of the school. Pupils behave well, are polite and well mannered.

They work hard and behave well, showing concentration and perseverance in their learning. Pupils are safe in school and have a good understanding of how to keep themselves safe. They know how to get help if they need it.

Governors hold staff to account for pupils' achievement well. They identify areas to develop and use all available resources to support improvement. Provision in the early years is good because leaders ensure that staff are well trained and knowledgeable about how to support children's learning.

Consequently, children make good progress in all areas of learning. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Not all teachers give pupils enough help to address spelling errors when they mark their work. Subject leaders' plans to accelerate improvements do not contain enough detail or measureable targets to enable the effectiveness of action taken to be evaluated.

Occasionally, the level of challenge in a few activities does not stretch all groups of pupils sufficiently. The outdoor area does not enable the school to provide a wide range of experiences in different areas of learning.

Information about this school

The school is much smaller than the average-sized primary school.

Children attend full-time in the Reception class. Almost all pupils are White British and none speaks English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils who are eligible for support from the pupil premium is below average.

The pupil premium is extra government funding to support the education of those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals, or who are looked after by the local authority. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is above average. There have been some staffing difficulties in the last two years.

An acting headteacher led the school at the time of the last inspection and this was followed by the appointment of the new headteacher. In two of the four classes, there have been changes of teachers during this year. A review of governance took place in September 2013.