The Gateway Primary Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The rate at which pupils make progress in their learning has improved well since the previous inspection.

Pupils make good progress in writing and mathematics, and particularly strong progress in reading. As a result, the proportion of pupils who reach Level 4, or above, is higher than the national average. The quality of teaching has improved so that it is typically good and some teaching is outstanding.

Learning in English is frequently engaging and exciting because teaching in these lessons is imaginative and lively. The teaching of reading is especially well structured across the school. Good support is provided to ensure disabled pu...pils, those with special educational needs, or children who are eligible for the pupil premium, progress at a similar rate to their classmates.

Pupils engage well with learning, are polite and have good manners. They understand and respond well to the school's sytems that reward positive behaviour. Consequently, exclusion is extremely rare.

Attendance continues to improve year on year. Pupils feel safe because staff are always available to provide supervision and support. School leaders and the governing body have a very good understanding of how well pupils are achieving.

This is used effectively to ensure that training and support for all staff are strongly focused on improving pupils' attainment and progress. The planned curriculum ensures that pupils have meaningful opportunities to use and apply their basic literacy and numeracy skills across a range of subjects. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Pupils' progress in mathematics is not as rapid as in English.

Subject leaders are not quite as effective as senior leaders at monitoring and evaluating learning and teaching.

Information about this school

The Gateway is a primary school of average size. The proportion of pupils supported through school action is slightly larger than the national average.

The proportion of pupils supported through school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is smaller than the national average. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium is broadly average. The school meets the Government's floor standards which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.