Yew Tree Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The ambitious and determined leadership of the headteacher, supported effectively by other senior leaders, has brought about improvement since the previous inspection. Curriculum leaders play a key role in school improvement.

Their actions have resulted in improvements in the quality of teaching and learning. Governance has improved since the previous inspection. Governors use their broad range of skills to challenge leaders effectively and hold them to account for the impact of their actions.

Pupils say that teachers make learning fun. Teachers plan lessons that enthuse pupils, ensuring that they make good progress in reading, writing an...d mathematics. The policies and procedures to keep pupils safe are effective.

The provision for children in the early years has improved significantly since the previous inspection. As a result, children make good progress and are well prepared for the next stage of their education. Pupils display very positive attitudes towards their learning.

They participate in lessons with enthusiasm and confidence. The behaviour of pupils is good. They listen to their teachers attentively during lessons and are polite and well-mannered ambassadors of the school.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : The proportion of pupils who are absent from school is above the national average. The gap in achievement between disadvantaged children and others, in the early years, increased in 2016. Opportunities to challenge the most able pupils, so that their learning is deepened, are sometimes missed, particularly in mathematics.

Information about this school

Yew Tree is much larger than the average-sized primary school. The proportion of pupils for whom the school receives the pupil premium is above than that found nationally. The pupil premium is additional government funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those children that are looked after by the local authority.

The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is well below the national average, as is the proportion of pupils reported to have English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is broadly in line with the national average. At the time of the inspection, the school website complied with statutory requirements.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6

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