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This inspection rating relates to a predecessor school. When a school converts to an academy, is taken over or closes and reopens as a new school a formal link is created between the new school and the old school, by the Department for Education. Where the new school has not yet been inspected, we show the inspection history of the predecessor school, as we believe it still has significance.
This inspection rating relates to a predecessor school. When a school converts to an academy, is taken over or closes and reopens as a new school a formal link is created between the new school and the old school, by the Department for Education. Where the new school has not yet been inspected, we show the inspection history of the predecessor school, as we believe it still has significance.
Summary of key findings for parents and pupils
This is a good school. The headteacher provides inspirational leadership.
She is supported by an extremely strong senior and middle leadership team. Together they have made changes that have rapidly improved pupils' progress and teaching. Excellent teamwork and mutual support are evident across the whole school.
The governing body very effectively challenges all aspects of the school's work and provides high-quality support to leaders to help the school improve. The school provides a very safe, harmonious and nurturing environment. As a result, the behaviour and safety of pupils are outstanding.
Attendance is average and has improved significantly as ...a result of leaders' actions, and because pupils want to come to school and are very eager to learn. Pupils show high levels of respect to adults and each other. They are very proud of their school and show that the school's values 'Respect, Resilience and Responsibility' are very evident throughout the school.
Pupils make good progress in reading and writing and an above average proportion do better than this, from their starting points. The quality of teaching is good and improving rapidly because of the excellent support and training staff receive to increase their skills. As a result, pupils learn quickly.
The marking of pupils' writing across different subjects is excellent and so pupils are very clear how to improve their work. The school is very well placed to get even better. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teaching is not yet outstanding.
Teachers' marking in mathematics is not as helpful as in writing. Pupils' progress in mathematics is not as fast as it is in reading and writing.
Information about this school
This is a very large primary school.
The school is federated to a nearby nursery school which is subject to a separate inspection from this one. Many of the children join the school from the federated nursery but the school also takes in children from other nurseries and some children who have not experienced any pre-school education. About one tenth of the pupils join the school other than in the Reception Year.
Due to some local reorganisation, over the last two years, the school has increased in size by 100 pupils, which is a quarter of its original size. Most pupils are from White British backgrounds. The proportion of pupils supported through school action is above average.
The proportion of pupils supported at school action plus or with a statement for special educational needs is average. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium is well above average. The pupil premium is additional funding allocated for pupils in the care of the local authority, known to be eligible for free school meals or whose parents are in the armed services.
The current senior leadership team has been in place for nearly two years. All but one of the teachers on the team already worked in the school. Since the last inspection one third of the teaching staff are new.
Staff appointments have been made to teach the additional pupils as well as to replace the staff that have left. The school exceeds the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. The school has achieved many external awards such as the Investors in Children.
