Wroughton Junior School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Effective leadership has seen the school successfully through a period of change. Leaders, including governors, form a cohesive team to ensure that the quality of care and education has remained good. Senior leaders are ambitious for pupils.

Their shared aims and vision are reflected in pupils' good achievement, attitudes and behaviour. Leaders' self-evaluation is accurate. They use their knowledge of the school well to identify and tackle priorities for improvement.

Middle leaders play a key role in school improvement. However, some of their monitoring lacks the precision needed to be even more effective in holding others to account. Lea...ders and teachers promote a strong culture of reading in the school.

However, inconsistencies in the phonics programme mean a few of the lowest-achieving pupils are slow to catch up. Pupils are well prepared for the next stage in their education. Achievement in reading, writing and mathematics for the vast majority of pupils is good.

The quality of teaching is good. Pupils are effectively supported and challenged in lessons to do well. There are occasional exceptions when the most able (including disadvantaged) pupils are not stretched in some situations.

Teachers are skilled in assessing pupils. As a result, they know pupils well and set work that is matched accordingly to meet a range of needs. However, some individual targets for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) lack detail in terms of milestones or measures to consistently secure the very best possible progress.

Leaders are proactive in implementing and evaluating an engaging curriculum for pupils. Consequently, pupils are keen to learn. They are learning relevant skills and knowledge to be successful when they leave the school.

Leaders ensure that pupils' social, moral, spiritual and cultural development is a priority. Consequently, pupils are kind, empathetic and tolerant of each other and differing viewpoints. Arrangements for safeguarding pupils are effective.

Information about this school

Wroughton Junior and Infant schools federated in June 2017. The schools are run by the same governing body and executive headteacher, and share senior leaders. The school has two co-heads of school with shared responsibilities for the day-to-day running of the school.

The school was inspected in May 2018. This inspection outlined some key areas for leaders to address. It did not change the school's overall effectiveness grade.

Wroughton Junior is larger than the average-sized primary school. There are three classes in each year group. Each year has a named year group leader.

The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is similar to the national average. The proportion of pupils with SEND is lower than the national average, although there are a higher proportion of pupils with an EHCP. There is a small but increasing proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language.