Chepping View Primary Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Key findings

This is an outstanding school.

It exceeds its challenging goals because pupils, staff and leaders have high expectations and a passion to help each other to do even better. They all say this stems from the inspirational leadership of the headteacher. All groups of pupils make outstanding progress from well below expected starting points in Early Years Foundation Stage to significantly above average levels by the end of Year 6.

The innovative way in which pupils move into precisely tailored small learning groups when needed and move out when learning is secure ensures a highly personalised learning programme and verifies the school motto, 'Everybody Matters at Chepping View'. Teaching is outsta...nding overall and at times, inspirational. Extremely high levels of skill, expertise and subject knowledge shown by teachers and, importantly, teaching assistants, together with their detailed knowledge of each pupil, ensure rapid and sustained progress.

Outstanding practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage ensures that children are settled, secure and ready to learn. Safeguarding is paramount. Pupils feel so safe they say school is 'like being at home'.

Behaviour is outstanding because there is a high level of spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. This ensures that pupils are extremely caring and considerate to each other and the school is a highly cohesive community. The innovative, creative curriculum supports learning exceptionally well.

Information and communication technology (ICT) is a particular strength, though the school recognises the need to enhance the virtual learning environment (intranet) even further to ensure that it is suitable for the demands of the 21st Century. All leaders live up to the high expectations that they set themselves. They are empowered and identify with the headteacher's passion for continual improvement.

They share high levels of expertise with each other and a number of other schools. The headteacher's national and international connections widen horizons and add extra dimensions to the school's ambitious programme for development.

Information about the school

Chepping View is a larger than average primary school.

The pupils come from a wide variety of minority ethnic groups, the largest group being Pakistani. Just under three quarters of the pupils are learning to speak English as an additional language. A large majority of these pupils speak Punjabi or Mirpuri in addition to learning English.

An average proportion of pupils are known to be eligible for free school meals. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs who are supported at 'school action' level is above the national average, while the proportion of those who are supported at 'school action plus' or by a statement of special educational needs is about average. Children enter the Early Years Foundation Stage in two Reception classes.

The school is an accredited National Support School and the headteacher is a National Leader in Education. Over the past five years, the school has either supported or lead a number of schools causing concern or under local authority focus. The school meets the current floor standard.