Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The headteacher's drive and ambition for pupils are shared fully by the highly committed staff and effective governing body. Staff instil a passion for learning and pride in achievement in their pupils.

As a result, the school has improved since its last inspection. The school is a vibrant and happy community, where learning and good behaviour are valued and where all pupils, whatever their abilities or needs, are made to feel welcome. All groups of pupils, including the most able, the very small numbers in receipt of additional funding and those who are disabled or who have special educational needs, make good progress and achieve well.

...>They work with increasing confidence and independence. Children make a good start to their education in the early years. They are well prepared for their future learning in Year 1 and reach above-average standards.

The quality of teaching is good. Teachers and teaching assistants have a strong understanding of pupils' learning needs. They make good use of marking and feedback to help pupils improve their own work.

Pupils' behaviour is exemplary and they feel very safe. Attendance is above average and pupils are punctual and eager to learn. The rich curriculum promotes pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development extremely well.

An excellent range of sporting and creative activities develops pupils' physical and emotional well-being, and the additional funding for sport is used very well. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Although teaching is good, it is not yet outstanding. Teachers do not have enough opportunities to observe outstanding teaching and share best practice.

Pupils are not always clear about exactly what they are expected to learn in lessons and, as a result, progress for all pupils is sometimes not as fast as it could be. Teachers' questioning does not always give pupils the opportunity to extend their thinking or explain their answers.

Information about this school

The school is much smaller than an average-sized primary school.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is below average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported by the pupil premium funding is well below the national average. (The pupil premium is additional government funding to support pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those children who are looked after by the local authority.

) All pupils are White British. There are no pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds and no pupils who speak English as an additional language. Children in the early years are taught full time in a class that is mixed with pupils in Years 1 and 2.

The school has a breakfast club and an after-school club run by the governing body. The school meets the government's floor standards, which are the minimum expectation for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6. The headteacher was appointed to the school in 2011, after the previous inspection.