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There are outstanding outcomes for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage. There is much good and outstanding teaching and pupils make good progress overall. It is not yet an outstanding school because : teaching and progress are inconsistent across the school.
Pupils' achievement is good. From starting points that are generally above age-related expectations, pupils make good progress to attain standards at the end of Year 4 that are well above age-related expectations in English and mathematics. Pupils with moderate learning difficulties make good progress.
Teaching is good overall. In good and outstanding lessons, teachers allow children and pupils to a...pply their highly developed skills in a range of interesting activities. Occasionally, teachers offer too much help, rely over much on worksheets and progress slows.
While marking clearly tells pupils how to improve their work, pupils are unsure of the level of their work and lack short term targets that would help them understand how to reach the next level. Behaviour is good. Pupils play and learn well together and say they feel extremely safe.
They enjoy school and say that bullying is not a problem. Misbehaviour is uncommon and is effectively dealt with by the teachers when it does occur. Pupils have above average attendance.
The headteacher has astutely developed a collegiate approach which offers responsibility and accountability to middle leaders. Accordingly, school leaders offer clear direction based upon agreed and developing procedures to manage performance, and monitor the quality of teaching and its impact on learning. Data are used well to analyse pupils' attainment.
However, such information is used less well to measure pupils' progress in individual classes. The governing body supports senior leaders well, has clear procedures to monitor school effectiveness and offers focused challenge.
Information about the school
This school is larger than the average-sized primary school.
Most pupils are from White British backgrounds. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is well below average. The proportion of pupils who are supported by school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is below average.
The school has achieved the Healthy School status, the Activemark, Inclusion Quality Mark and the International School Award. The school includes Additional Resourced Provision for pupils with moderate learning difficulties from across the local authority. At present, there are five pupils who access the provision.
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
