Brough Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher and governors have high expectations of staff and pupils. Staff are clear about how ambitious leaders are and support them well. As a result, the overall effectiveness of the school is good.

Astute use of professional development and support for staff has resulted in good teaching. Senior and middle leaders support staff well and hold them to account for the quality of pupils' learning. Teachers assess pupils' work accurately and use their good subject knowledge to plan interesting tasks that engage pupils well.

Teaching assistants are managed well to support pupils effectively. The extra training they have received has ma...de sure they can support pupils well. The school's enhanced provision for those pupils who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities is a strength of the school, as they make good progress.

Pupils make a good contribution to their learning. Occasionally a few pupils lose interest, particularly boys, when challenge is limited and the pace of learning slows. All pupils spoken to say they are safe in school and they enjoy school.

Pupils are pleasant, polite and respectful. Attendance is above average. Currently, pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, develop good skills and knowledge in reading, mathematics and a wide range of subjects.

Further work has to be done to ensure more pupils achieve the highest standards in writing by the end of key stage 2. Children settle quickly into Reception and make good progress because of good leadership and good teaching. The curriculum offers many exciting opportunities for learning.

Pupils take part in visits to places of interest that then contribute very well to their learning. Governors make a strong contribution to the development of the school. Parents and carers have a very high level of confidence in the work of the school.

The school promotes spiritual, moral, social and cultural education very well. Occasionally, the school's marking policy is not used effectively to ensure pupils learn from their mistakes and improve their spelling. Pupil's interests in reading are not used well to promote high-quality writing at length in English and across a wide range of subjects.

Pupils do not have sufficient opportunities to apply their mathematical skills in subjects other than mathematics.

Information about this school

The school is larger than the average-sized primary school. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported through the pupil premium is well below average.

Almost all pupils are White British. Very few pupils speak English as an additional language. One in six pupils has support for SEN and/or disabilities.

This is above average. The proportion of pupils with a statement of SEN or an education, health and care plan is well above average. The headteacher took up her post from 1 September 2016.

At the same time, a new chair and vice-chair of the governing body were elected. A new leader for the early years provision took up post from 1 September 2017. The school has an enhanced resource provision, The Bridge, to support a small number of pupils who have social, emotional and mental health needs.

The provision opened from 1 September 2018 and is funded by the local authority. The school site is shared with the local, separately managed, children's centre. This is subject to a separate inspection and did not form part of this inspection.

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