Warwick Road Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils make good progress in all areas they study and leave the school with standards the same as, or above, those expected for their age.

Teachers know their pupils well and adapt their teaching to ensure that pupils are challenged and well supported. Pupils say that they feel very safe. The school goes to great lengths to ensure pupils are knowledgeable about how to keep themselves safe and that they are safe in school.

Pupils are exceptionally eager to learn and their behaviour both in class and around school is excellent. Relationships are excellent. Pupils say how much they like their teachers and particularly the new headteacher....r/>
New pupils are made to feel very welcome and quickly make firm friendships. A new and dynamic headteacher has invigorated the curriculum. Pupils and parents comment on how exciting it is now.

She has introduced new systems which have had a very positive impact on the quality of teaching. All leaders and managers share the headteacher's vision of excellence in every aspect of school life. Governors are generally knowledgeable about the school and have supported the new headteacher and her leadership team in improving the quality of teaching across the school.

Children in the early years benefit from good teaching and leadership so they make good progress from their starting points. It is not yet an outstanding school because : A number of middle leaders and governors have taken on new responsibilities and are not yet fully contributing to improvement in the school. Leaders and managers do not always pick up on weaker teaching when other staff are covering for the class teacher.

Teaching is not as strong in lower Key Stage 2 owing to weaknesses such as not picking up on errors in punctuation, grammar and spelling and mathematical issues that pupils have misunderstood. In lower Key Stage 2 pupils' work is not always well presented and the marking strategy is not always followed by teachers to support improvement.

Information about this school

Warwick Road Primary School is larger than the average sized primary school.

Most of the pupils are of Indian ethnicity. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs is lower than the national average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils at the school is below the national average.

The term disadvantaged pupils is used to describe those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those who are looked after by the local authority. These pupils receive additional support from the pupil premium funding. Before and after-school care is available on the school site.

Early years provision is available for children to attend full time. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' progress and attainment in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6. The headteacher was appointed in September 2013.