William Shrewsbury Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The school's leaders have successfully improved teaching and learning.

Teachers' performance is managed well. Teaching is never less than good, and it is often outstanding. The school makes good use of expertise from across the Co-operative Trust to make sure that assessments are accurate and pupils' progress continues to improve.

Pupils make good progress because their learning is closely matched to their individual needs. Reading, writing, mathematical and information and communication technology skills are developed well from Nursery onwards. Pupils' behaviour is excellent.

Pupils thoroughly enjoy school and their attendance ...is above average. This helps their learning. Pupils say they feel safe and very well cared for, and say the school teaches them how to keep themselves safe.

Their parents agree. The governing body supports and challenges the school robustly. Governors check that spending decisions are improving pupils' learning.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teaching is not yet consistently outstanding because staff sometimes direct pupils' learning too much in the main body of the lesson and do not give pupils the opportunity to show what they know and can do.

Information about this school

This school is much larger than the average-sized primary school. Almost all pupils are from White British backgrounds.

The proportion from minority ethnic backgrounds is increasing. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium is below average. The pupil premium is additional funding for children in local authority care, pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and children with a parent in the armed forces.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs who are supported at school action is below average. The proportion who are supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

The school is part of a Co-operative Trust involving several schools and other institutions that are working together to improve pupils' progress. The school has its own breakfast club. There is also an after-school club, which is privately-run.

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