Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Short inspection of Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School

Following my visit to the school on 17 July 2019, I write on behalf of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills to report the inspection findings.

The visit was the first short inspection carried out since the school was judged to be good in May 2015. This school continues to be good. The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection.

Since your appointment, you have created a strong senior leadership team that shares a clear vision and the determination to provide the best for the pupils. You have secured the confidence of parents and carers in yo...ur leadership. A parent wrote: 'The school has hugely improved under the new management team.'

Expectations are high. Staff are proud to work at the school and are positive about the leadership. One wrote: 'Staff well-being and workload is well managed and always considered.

Leaders look for ways to spread out workload when implementing new procedures as well as ensuring the appropriate training has been put into place.' You promote the achievement of every pupil within a caring community based on Christian values. A strong sense of community permeates the school, providing care and support for pupils, their families and staff.

Personal skills including resilience, self-discipline, honesty, organisation, communication and social skills are actively promoted throughout the school to prepare pupils very well for life beyond school as well as their academic achievement. You have maintained and built upon the strengths identified at the last inspection and have taken action to address the areas to improve. Pupils' progress in writing has improved and provision in the early years has been a key focus with successful results.

High expectations and actions to address pupils' skills in subjects other than English and mathematics have been particularly successful in some subjects. You acknowledge, however, that there remains work to be done in some of the other foundation subjects. Leadership in the core subjects and other subjects where there has been a school focus is skilled and effective.

Actions taken have been from sharp analysis of outcomes and quality of provision and have successfully led to improvements. Leaders are influential, providing support and advice to colleagues and contributing to school improvement. The full impact of the subject leadership of some foundation subjects is not yet fully evident on outcomes or the quality of teaching and learning.