Winklebury Junior School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Throughout the school, pupils' progress in reading, writing and mathematics has improved rapidly over the past two years, successfully reversing a history of underachievement. The very strong leadership and management of the headteacher and governors have been the main reason for the rapid, but secure, improvement in achievement and teaching. The quality of teaching is good overall and outstanding in Year 6.

An imaginatively designed range of learning opportunities is ensuring that pupils enjoy their lessons and have good opportunities for their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. The issues raised at the last inspection h...ave been successfully resolved. The school has a very positive ethos which is reflected in the good behaviour of the pupils.

They display positive attitudes towards their learning and enjoy coming to school. The school provides good support for the very few pupils who find it a challenge to behave well and their behaviour has improved rapidly as a result. Disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs are well supported and make good progress in reading, writing and mathematics as a result.

Good teaching of literacy and numeracy skills mean that pupils read widely and are well prepared for the next stage in their education. The school works well as a cohesive community and is highly regarded by parents and carers. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Despite the good progress made, attainment in writing, especially for boys, is still not high enough.

The school is going through a period of rapid change and newly appointed leaders have not yet had the opportunity to make a positive impact on the school's improvement journey. The provision for teaching information and communication technology, while adequate, is not sufficiently well resourced.

Information about this school

Winklebury Junior School operates as part of a hard federation with Winklebury Infant School, which shares the site.

Both schools are led and managed by one federation headteacher, a deputy headteacher and a single governing body. The infant school is the subject of a separate inspection. There is an on-site pre-school provision that is not managed by the governing body, so is not part of this inspection.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set out the minimum expectations of pupils' attainment and progress. The school is a smaller-than-average junior school. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs who are supported by school action is above average.

Similarly, the proportion supported through school action plus is above average, although at the time of the inspection no pupils had a statement of special educational needs. Their needs relate mainly to moderate learning difficulties, behaviour, emotional and social difficulties and speech, language and communication difficulties. The school uses the local authority's Broadoaks Nurture Group to support a small number of vulnerable pupils.

The proportion of pupils eligible for the pupil premium funding is above the national average. The school has gone through a period of change and the headteacher and a number of staff have been appointed since the last full inspection. The deputy headteacher and a senior leader had only been in post for two weeks at the time of the inspection.

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