Three Bridges Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school Teaching, learning and assessment are excellent.

Teachers have high expectations for the pupils and provide very strong support for their learning. Leaders, managers and governors have an outstanding impact on the curriculum, teaching and pupils' outcomes. The headteacher constantly inspires staff and pupils to want to review and improve their work.

Leaders at all levels are very clear about the school's aims. They work collaboratively to ensure that developments are consistently applied across the school. High-quality training for teachers, including visiting teachers from other schools, enables them to strengthen the quality of ...teaching.

Pupils' personal development, behaviour and welfare are exemplary. Pupils are very enthusiastic about learning and are respectful. Pupils are kept safe at school and say that they feel very safe.

They are happy that their views are listened to. Pupils' outcomes are outstanding. Pupils make excellent progress from their starting points, including in reading, writing and mathematics.

Pupils' attainment is high by the end of Year 6. Mathematics is especially strong. Pupils demonstrate a wide range of skills and knowledge that help them with their mathematical reasoning.

Parents and carers are delighted with the work of the school and are very pleased with the progress their children are making. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is promoted very effectively. Pupils are prepared very well for life in modern Britain.

They are aware of their responsibilities in looking after each other and the world around them. Provision in the early years is outstanding. Children start learning quickly as soon as they arrive in the Nursery.

Core skills and knowledge in phonics, reading, writing and mathematics are taught extremely effectively. Although pupils make excellent progress across subjects, reading is slightly less well developed than writing and mathematics. Pupils have better opportunities to extend their mathematics and writing knowledge and skills when learning in other subjects.

Not all parents provide frequent help at home with their children's reading.

Information about this school

Three Bridges is much larger than an average-sized primary school. There is one Nursery class and two Reception classes in the early years provision.

Pupils come to the school from a wide range of heritages, and most speak English as an additional language. A small minority are at the early stages of learning to speak English. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is well above average.

The proportion of pupils with SEND is also well above average. The proportion of pupils joining the school after the early years is higher than the national average. Leaders at the school provide support and training for several schools and receive many visiting teachers, including from abroad.

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