Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Key Findings

This is a good school. Parents and carers hold the school in high regard and pupils are very proud of it.

Good leadership and management, including governance, have successfully built upon previous good provision and outcomes. All groups of pupils achieve well so that, by the end of Key Stage 2, pupils' attainment is average in reading, writing and mathematics. Since the last inspection, pupils' progress is monitored much more effectively.

Assessments are now used fully to identify those pupils who are not on course to meet their challenging targets and provide support to accelerate their progress. Teaching is consistently good overall and sometimes outstanding. Teachers have good subject know...ledge and motivate pupils to learn through well-planned and interesting activities.

Relationships and teamwork are excellent throughout the school. Attendance is above average and still improving. Pupils arrive punctually and their behaviour is excellent.

They work and play together cooperatively and in a mature and sensible manner. Pupils know how they can help keep themselves safe and act with sensitive regard for the safety of others. Pupils say that bullying does not happen, but are confident that any incidents that arise are dealt with promptly and effectively.

Pupils' spiritual, moral social and cultural development is outstanding. Their social skills are a particularly strong aspect. The school has recently reviewed and improved the way that pupils are helped to understand their own learning needs and pupils, as they grow older, are developing an impressive understanding of where and how to improve key aspects of their learning.

The curriculum has been overhauled and is now more effective, however, opportunities are missed sometimes for pupils to deepen their understanding of the skills of writing and mathematics by using them in wide arrange of subjects, for example, in science, history and geography.

Information about the school

Almost all pupils attending this slightly larger than average-sized primary school are of White British heritage and speak English as their main language. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is above average.

An above-average proportion of pupils are disabled and have special educational needs. Since the previous inspection, the school has received the Artsmark Award and Young Enterprise Centre of Excellence status. The school meets the current floor standard.

Inspection grades: 1 is outstanding, 2 is good, 3 is satisfactory and 4 is inadequate Please turn to the glossary for a description of the grades and inspection terms