Ashill Community Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school The headteacher, staff and governors of this very small school are an exceptionally strong team. They relentlessly pursue excellence in all areas of the school's work and are dedicated to providing individualised learning for each pupil.

This team effort, with a willingness to consistently improve, is an exceptionally good role model for pupils. As a result, pupils' achievement is outstanding. High attainment has been maintained for the last four years.

From their starting points, pupils make excellent progress in reading, writing and mathematics. Pupils also demonstrate strengths in art and music and in their awareness of the cul...tures of other countries. Teaching is outstanding.

The needs of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs are especially well met, ensuring that they make the same level of progress as all other pupils. Pupils' behaviour is exemplary. They behave impeccably in lessons, around the school and towards each other in the playground.

Parents fully support this view and pupils say they feel very safe and bullying is unheard of. Attendance is high because pupils really enjoy school. They are enthusiastic and proud of the many responsibilities they undertake, from being Eco Warriors to serving on the school council and looking after each other on the playground.

The governing body is exceptionally knowledgeable about the school's strengths and weaknesses and the quality of teaching. As well as being very supportive of all the school's activities, they ask very challenging questions about its performance. Because the school is very small, the governors are also seriously proactive about planning for its sustainability in the future.

Information about this school

Ashill School is much smaller than the average-sized primary school and pupils are taught in two mixed-age classes, Reception with Years 1 and 2, and Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 together. Pupils attend from the village and the surrounding area. There are no disabled pupils in the school at the present time.

The proportion of pupils with special educational needs supported through school action is above average. There are currently no pupils at school action plus and no pupils with a statement of special needs. The proportion of pupils in receipt of pupil premium (extra money given to schools by the government to support, amongst others, pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals) is below average.

There are no pupils from minority ethnic groups or for whom English is not their first language. The school exceeds the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in mathematics and English. There is a privately managed pre-school on site which was not part of this inspection.