Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School

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About Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School


Name Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School
Website https://www.st-marks.stockport.sch.uk/
Inspections
Ofsted Inspections
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Mrs Emma Harding
Address Redhouse Lane, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 1BX
Phone Number 01614303418
Phase Academy
Type Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religious Character Church of England
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 154
Local Authority Stockport
Highlights from Latest Inspection
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Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an inadequate school For several years, the quality of education at this school has not been good enough. This is because leaders, including governors, have not ensured that strategies to improve the quality of teaching and raise pupils' achievement have borne enough success.

Governors have an overgenerous view of the school. They have failed to challenge leaders and hold them sufficiently to account for pupils' progress. Recent improvements do not outweigh the fact that teaching continues to require improvement.

Leaders and governors have not demonstrated the capacity to improve outcomes for pupils. As a result, too many pupils are not ready for the n...ext stage of their education. Leaders' views of the school are inaccurate.

Improvement planning does not provide a secure starting point for tackling long-standing inconsistencies in the quality of teaching and outcomes for pupils. Across the curriculum, teachers do not use assessment information to challenge pupils effectively. This means that pupils are not enabled to make good progress over time or to overcome gaps in their learning.

This is especially true in mathematics. Not all middle leaders have a sufficiently positive impact on the quality of teaching in their areas of responsibility. They are not effectively held to account for the progress that pupils make.

The proportion of pupils persistently absent from school is above the national average. It is not decreasing quickly enough. Current pupils speak of behaviour disrupting learning.

Evidence gathered on inspection confirms this to be true. Overall, teachers' subject knowledge is not sufficiently secure. As a result, they do not question pupils effectively or address misconceptions quickly.

In the early years, some activities are not designed skilfully enough to enable children to make stronger progress. The school has the following strengths Leaders are proud of the nurture and support they provide for pupils and the impact these are having on pupils' enjoyment of school. Pupils enjoy reading and love books.

Most children, including the most able, read fluently and confidently.

Information about this school

This is an average-sized primary school. The school was previously judged to require improvement in 2015 and 2017.

There has been a larger-than-average decrease in the total number of pupils on roll, from 303 in 2017 to 236 in 2019. The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium funding is higher than the national average. The proportion of pupils with SEND is also higher than the national average.

The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds is lower than the national average. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is also lower than the national average. The Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools was conducted in March 2017.


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