Surrey Square Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school The leaders' vision of personal and academic excellence for all pupils lies at the heart of this outstanding school. The inspirational leadership of the co-headteachers underpins the school's sustained improvement. The co-headteachers have worked alongside the senior leaders and governors to set the culture of high aspiration for the whole school community.

Leaders have recruited a talented staff team who, without exception, support the school's uncompromising approach of treating their pupils as individuals. The school's seven core values are the lifeblood of work of the whole school. This runs alongside a clear ambition for all pupils to... succeed.

Teaching is outstanding because of the consistently high expectations staff have for the pupils. Teachers constantly set challenges to deepen pupils' learning through rich and stimulating activities. The school's distinctive curriculum is extremely innovative.

Consequently, pupils enjoy exciting and high-quality experiences. The progress that pupils make from key stage 1 to the end of Year 6 is outstanding in reading, writing and mathematics. The recently opened provision for two-year-olds in the early years is outstanding because : of highly skilled teaching.

The school's promotion of pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural education is excellent. Pupils' social skills are highly developed. As a result, relationships within the school between adults and pupils are extremely strong.

Pupils constantly demonstrate the school's values through exemplary behaviour. They respect adults and each other through their words and actions. Parents are extremely supportive of the school and say it feels like 'an extended family'.

The school's work to keep pupils safe is outstanding. Staff ensure that family welfare is effective beyond the school gates. Pupils' books show the impact of effective guidance from teachers.

Rapid progress is particularly evident in writing books. Pupils take care over how they set their work out, but the quality of their handwriting is variable.

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Surrey Square is a two-form entry primary school. The school is led by two co-headteachers. The school recently opened provision for two-year-olds in the early years foundation stage.

The proportion of pupils eligible for pupil premium funding is above the national average. The large majority of pupils are of Black African heritage. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is above the national average.

The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is well above the national average. One of the co-headteachers is a national leader of education. The school meets the current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress by the end of Year 6.