The Heys Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Senior leaders provide inspirational leadership. Staff work together successfully and have improved the school significantly since the last inspection.

Teaching is now good and pupils' outcomes are improving. Pupils thrive in the happy and motivating atmosphere that is provided by the school. They behave well, feel safe and show resilience and confidence in their learning.

The curriculum is rich and varied. Pupils enjoy exciting activities in lessons, captivating experiences in the forest school and enriching excursions. Such experiences broaden pupils' understanding of the world.

Good provision in the early years ensures that ch...ildren are happy, enjoy learning and make good progress. Leaders have secured improvements in teaching through high-quality training and ensuring a consistent approach to teaching and assessment. Pupils are developing fluency in mathematical knowledge and apply it successfully in mathematics lessons.

They have limited opportunities to apply their mathematical and reasoning skills in other subjects, however..Good teaching and accurate assessment support pupils who are currently in school to make good progress in all year groups.

Standards in the early years and key stage 1 have risen steadily over the last three years, providing pupils with strong foundations for further learning. Standards in pupils' work in the current Year 6 class are higher than they have been in previous years in reading and mathematics. Overall progress in writing is good but pupils' spelling, grammar and punctuation are still below the standards expected at key stage 2.

Pupils' skills are not built on effectively so gaps in their learning are not fully closed. Up to now, middle leaders' checks on teaching have focused on ensuring that new initiatives are implemented successfully. Their role in checking the impact of teaching on pupils' learning over time is at an early stage of development.

Governors are knowledgeable and provide effective support and challenge to leaders. They are ambitious for pupils and focused on ensuring that pupils' outcomes continue to rise. There is good capacity in the school to secure further improvement.

Information about this school

The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website. The school is an average-sized primary school. The school has resource-based provision for pupils with moderate learning difficulties.

There are only two pupils currently in this provision and they are integrated fully into classes. The proportions of pupils who receive support for special educational needs and/or disabilities and who have a statement of special educational needs or an education, health and care plan are broadly average. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is above average.

The proportion who speak English as an additional language is also above average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported by the pupil premium is above average. Provision in the early years is provided in a part-time Nursery and a Reception class.

After-school care is provided in the 'Kiddiwinks' Club, which is managed by the governing body. The school did not meet the governments' floor standard in 2016, which is the minimum expectation for pupils' achievement in English and mathematics at the end of Year 6. The school meets the Department for Education's definition of a coasting school based on key stage 2 performance results in 2014, 2015 and 2016.