Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The strong leadership of the headteacher has ensured that significant improvements have been made since the last inspection. Teaching has improved to be consistently good and standards have risen as a result. All groups of pupils across the school are making expected progress.

Pupils' achievement is in line with national expectations at the end of Year 6 and slightly above at the end of Year 2. Highly effective leadership of provision for pupils with special educational needs or disability and disadvantaged pupils is ensuring that these groups make good progress. Pupils are extremely proud of the school and take pride in their work.

They ...are courteous, polite and care for each other. The school is calm and orderly and pupils feel safe. A broad and balanced curriculum providing rich learning and exciting topics ensures equal opportunities for all pupils.

Parents are very supportive of the school and its leaders. They are appreciative of the improvements that the headteacher has brought about. Governors and leaders know the school well and have clear plans to continue improving the school.

Provision in the early years is good and the children are making good progress from their starting points. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Pupils make expected progress rather than accelerated progress. Pupils' writing skills are not developed as well as they could be.

Some of the most able pupils are not challenged to extend and deepen their learning across the curriculum, including in mathematics and English. Full report

Information about this school

This school is smaller than the average-sized primary school. There have been no changes to leadership since the last inspection.

Pupils are taught in single year-age classes. There is a breakfast club and an after-school club run by the governing body. The proportion of pupils eligible for support through the pupil premium (additional government funding for pupils who are eligible for free school meals or children looked after) is above the national average.

The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs or disability is below national average and pupils with a statement of special educational needs or education, health and care plan is above the national average. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is above the national average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set out the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6.