All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an inadequate school The school's performance has significantly declined since the previous inspection.

Governors have not ensured that leaders have the capacity to maintain a good quality of education. Changes in teaching staff have slowed the learning of pupils in some classes. Staff changes have also made it difficult for leaders to drive and sustain school improvement.

Leaders' self-evaluation is inaccurate. At the start of the inspection, they had an overly positive view of the school's performance. Leaders' improvement plans identify the right priorities.

However, leaders do not monitor the impact of the actions taken or the quality of t...eaching on pupils' progress closely enough. Leaders do not track pupils' progress from their starting points in each key stage. This means that leaders do not know if pupils are achieving as well as they should.

Too much teaching is ineffective. As a result, many pupils make slow progress across the curriculum and do not reach the standards of which they are capable. Teachers do not plan work that matches the range of needs and abilities of pupils in mixed-age classes.

Consequently, pupils make insufficient progress from their starting points. Teaching does not deepen pupils' knowledge and understanding. As a result, the most able pupils underachieve in writing, mathematics, science and topic work.

Work in pupils' books does not consistently match the school's assessment data. Consequently, leaders have an overgenerous view of how well pupils are doing. The curriculum is weak.

Leaders do not know how effectively teachers are delivering the wider curriculum or how well pupils are doing. The school has the following strengths Well-planned teaching in the early years ensures that children make a strong start to their education. The proportion of children achieving a good level of development at the end of their Reception Year is above the national average.

The school's strong values, caring and committed staff and pupils' good behaviour mean that All Saints CofE Primary School is a happy and harmonious community where pupils feel safe.

Information about this school

The school is considerably smaller than the average-sized primary school. The school does not have a hall on site.

There is no direct access to the school playground. The school became part of the Trinity Federation in November 2016. A single governing body serves the three schools in the federation.

Since January 2017, the school's headteacher has undertaken the role of executive headteacher across two of the three schools in the federation. There are four classes. One is for Reception children.

The other three are mixed-age classes for Years 1 and 2, Years 3 and 4 and Years 5 and 6. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is well below the national average. There are not enough of these pupils to comment on their attainment without identifying them.

The proportion of pupils who have SEN and/or disabilities is below the national average. However, the number of pupils with statements of special educational needs, or education, health and care plans, is above the national average. The school does not meet the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectation for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6.