Woodland View Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a school that requires improvement Leaders have not secured consistently good teaching across the school.

Not all teachers apply the school's behaviour policy or expect pupils to behave well in lessons. Some teachers do not uphold leaders' high expectations and insist that workbooks are completed neatly. Not all teachers consistently plan lessons that are based on what pupils know.

As a result, pupils, and particularly the most able, are not regularly challenged appropriately. This slows the progress they make. Pupils do not have a sufficiently good understanding of fundamental British values.

The curriculum for subjects other than English and... mathematics does not build pupils' knowledge sequentially enough so that they remember facts well over the long term. Leaders have begun ambitious plans to improve the curriculum, but it is too soon to judge the impact of their work. Most parents hold positive views of the school.

Though communication is improving, a small minority do not understand well enough why leaders have taken some of the decisions they have. The school has the following strengths The headteacher is leading the school with integrity and determination. She is insistent that pupils' needs must come first.

She has gained the respect and strong support of staff for her work and the courageous decisions she has taken. The school is improving considerably. Pupils' attainment is rising to close to national averages and there are far fewer incidents when pupils behave poorly.

In most classes, pupils receive good teaching and behave well. Pupils are kept safe in school. Children in the early years make good progress from their starting points.

Staff work effectively in shared and consistent ways that help children catch up. The school's highly inclusive nature and admirable emphasis on pupils' welfare means that the needs of the many vulnerable pupils are met very well. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and disadvantaged pupils, make good progress from their starting points.

Governors perform their strategic roles well.

Information about this school

This is larger than the average-sized primary school. The proportion of pupils supported through the pupil premium is slightly higher than average.

The proportion of pupils from minority backgrounds is below average. Most pupils are White British. The proportion of pupils with SEND is slightly higher than the national average.