Boscastle Community Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The executive headteacher and governors provide effective leadership. They have taken decisive action since the previous inspection to improve leadership, the quality of teaching and pupils. learning.

Leaders know the school well. They have identified the right priorities for development and taken effective action to bring about improvement. The strong pastoral support provided for pupils across the school secures their welfare and keeps them safe.

Recent developments in middle leadership roles have not yet had time to have a full impact in areas of responsibility across the school. Parents are very positive about the school. They value t...he wide curriculum and stimulating learning experiences which promote their children.

s confidence. Pupils behave well and relate extremely well to each other and to staff. The pupils.

strong social awareness and enjoyment of school are clearly evident during breaktimes. They exchange ideas and aid each other.s learning during lessons.

Current pupils are making good progress in response to effective teaching. Increasingly, pupils make progress which enables them to think deeply about their work. This is reflected in their writing and reasoning in mathematics.

A small number of previously middle-attaining pupils have yet to reach the higher standard in mathematics of which they are capable. Pupils are keen and enthusiastic readers. They acquire phonic skills well.

All pupils, especially the most able, make strong progress in reading. Pupils are enthusiastic writers. However, a legacy of weakness in handwriting and spelling skills limits the ability of some previously middle-attaining pupils, particularly boys, to reach the higher standard.

Disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make good progress. They are well supported in lessons and in additional learning programmes. Children make a successful start in the early years in response to good teaching, support and stimulating experiences.

Information about this school

Boscastle is much smaller than the average-sized primary school. The school is federated with Port Isaac School. An executive headteacher leads both schools and a single governing body also serves both of them.

The majority of pupils are from White British backgrounds. The proportion of pupils with SEND is broadly average and varies significantly from year to year. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is below average.

The number of disadvantaged pupils varies from year to year within the very small year groups. On occasion, a well-above-average proportion of pupils either enter or leave the school other than at the normal time. Children experience early years provision in a mixed Reception and Year 1 class.

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