Charnwood Primary Academy

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About Charnwood Primary Academy


Name Charnwood Primary Academy
Website http://www.charnwood.staffs.sch.uk/
Inspections
Ofsted Inspections
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Headteacher Katie Stanley
Address Purcell Avenue, Lichfield, WS13 7PH
Phone Number 01543227560
Phase Academy
Type Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religious Character Does not apply
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 232
Local Authority Staffordshire
Highlights from Latest Inspection
This inspection rating relates to a predecessor school. When a school converts to an academy, is taken over or closes and reopens as a new school a formal link is created between the new school and the old school, by the Department for Education. Where the new school has not yet been inspected, we show the inspection history of the predecessor school, as we believe it still has significance.

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher, senior leaders and the governing body have a clear vision and drive to improve the quality of teaching and raise pupils' achievement. Many improvements have been made since the previous inspection.

Leaders new to their responsibilities are not yet fully effective in checking the impact of their work on improving the school. Leaders have accurately identified weaknesses in the school and put in place effective plans to address these issues. There is a strong culture of safeguarding throughout the school.

Leaders and staff are vigilant and tenacious in ensuring that pupils are kept safe. Outcomes in key stages 1 and 2 have ...improved significantly. Pupils make good progress and in 2017, attainment at the end of Year 6 was similar to national levels.

Although teaching is good overall, there are some inconsistencies. Teachers do not always support and challenge some of the pupils in reading to build quickly on their strong outcomes at the end of the Reception Year. Parents are delighted with the education their children receive.

Teachers and pupils are justifiably proud of the school. Teaching is good due to teachers' sound subject knowledge and the effective training and support that they undertake. The curriculum is broad and balanced.

It captures pupils' interest and creates enthusiasm for learning across a range of subjects. The school promotes fundamental British values and pupils' social, moral, spiritual and cultural development successfully. Pupils' good behaviour and positive attitudes to learning are a strength of the school.

Pupils are friendly and considerate towards adults and each other. However, they do not always present their work as well as they should. Despite the best efforts of leaders, there are still too many pupils regularly absent from school.

Pupils who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities are well supported and make good progress from their starting points. Pupils get off to a rapid start in early years and make good progress by the end of the Reception Year as a result of good teaching and provision. The school provides well for pupils' social and emotional development.

As a result, they are well prepared for their next stage of education and life beyond school.

Information about this school

The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website. The school meets the government's floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6.

There has been a high turnover of teaching staff since the previous inspection. The school is a smaller than average-sized primary school. The percentages of disabled pupils and of those who have SEN and/or disabilities are above those of most schools.

The school runs a breakfast club and a number of after-school clubs. The large majority of pupils come from a White British background. The proportion of pupils from ethnic minority groups is below the national average.

The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is below the national average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported by the pupil premium funding is below the national average. There is a local governing body at the school which takes responsibility for challenging and supporting leaders to develop educational outcomes for pupils, as well as being a link to the local community.

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