Tree Tops Primary Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The principal leads a committed team with one vision for the school.

Senior leaders are uncompromising in their work to improve the quality of education that the school provides. Middle leaders are knowledgeable and understand their roles well. The impact of their work is clear to see and directly linked to the improvement in pupils' outcomes over time.

Support from Leigh Academies Trust is of a high quality. Because of this, the school has made rapid progress since the last inspection. The quality of teaching and learning is good and improving.

Consequently, most pupils are making good or better progress. Staff work hard to ensu...re that pupils' social and emotional development is given a high priority. The pastoral care of pupils is a strong element of the school's provision.

Pupils enjoy coming to Tree Tops. They show good attitudes to school because staff make learning fun, most of the time. The very large majority of parents who spoke to inspectors were extremely positive about the school.

All said it has improved significantly over the last two years. Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) do increasingly well. Their outcomes are improving rapidly.

Children get off to a good start in the early years, which is well led and managed. Provision for pupils' personal development and welfare is outstanding. Pupils' behaviour has improved dramatically.

As a result, poor behaviour rarely impacts on learning. Safeguarding is effective. Systems to protect pupils from harm are well developed.

Staff are proactive when they have concerns about the welfare of pupils. Attendance has improved since the last inspection. However, there is still more to be done to reduce persistent absence.

Pupils' outcomes are improving year on year. Despite this, the proportion of pupils achieving a greater depth of learning could be higher. Leaders have successfully reviewed and made changes to the curriculum.

They know that more needs to be done to ensure that the changes that they have made become fully effective.

Information about this school

Tree Tops Primary Academy is an average-sized primary school. The school is a sponsored academy and is part of the Leigh Academies Trust.

The school is governed by an academies board which has delegated responsibilities from the trust. The school also has a development group, which works closely with the academies board. The majority of pupils are from White British backgrounds.

Other pupils come from a range of different ethnic backgrounds. The proportion of pupils who attract pupil premium funding is very high and well above the national average. The proportion of pupils with SEND is broadly in line with the national average.