Colkirk Church of England Primary Academy

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About Colkirk Church of England Primary Academy


Name Colkirk Church of England Primary Academy
Inspections
Ofsted Inspections
Executive Headteacher Miss Suzannah Hayes
Address School Road, Colkirk, Fakenham, NR21 7NW
Phone Number 01328862684
Phase Academy
Type Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religious Character Church of England
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 64
Local Authority Norfolk
Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The executive headteacher has high expectations and is committed to the school.

s continued improvement. He provides strong and clear leadership for staff and pupils. Pupils.

behaviour is outstanding. They are very proud of their school and have excellent relationships with their teachers. Pupils demonstrate consistently high levels of care and consideration for each other.

Leaders. provision for pupils. personal development and welfare is excellent.

Leaders develop very close links with families and ensure that pupils access high-quality support, guidance and enrichment opportunities. Leaders ensure that pupils are very... well looked after and that they are kept safe. Pupils.

spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is a strength of the school. In 2018, pupils. progress at key stage 2 in writing and mathematics was in line with national averages.

Progress in reading was well above the national average. Teaching is good. Teachers plan and deliver learning that motivates, challenges and interests pupils.

Teachers are well supported by the team of teaching assistants. Consequently, pupils make good overall progress as they move through the school. Parents hold the school in very high regard.

Staff are proud to work at the school and are grateful for the training and development opportunities that are open to them. Since joining the Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies trust (DNEAT) the school has made substantial improvements. Trust leaders are effective.

They provide high-quality support and challenge. Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are well supported. Their additional funding is used effectively to ensure that they make strong progress.

Leaders and trustees ensure that the school.s curriculum provides pupils with a wide range of teaching and learning experiences. However, the level of challenge and expectation in science and the foundation subjects is not as high as it is in English and mathematics.

Children get off to a good start to their education in early years. However, the most able children do not make as much progress as their classmates. Pupils who join the school with average prior attainment make less progress than their peers in key stages 1 and 2.

Too few go on to attain at the higher standard.

Information about this school

This is the school.s first section 5 inspection since it joined the DNEAT in December 2015.

The school receives support and challenge from the trust.s chief executive officer, its academies executive regional principal (AERP) and its local governing body. Responsibility for the school.

s performance lies with the DNEAT trust board. The school is a part of the Diocese of Norwich. In its most recent Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (April 2016), it was judged to be outstanding.

The school is a smaller-than-average-sized primary school. The proportions of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium and of those who speak English as an additional language are below the national averages. The proportion of pupils who receive SEND support or who have an education, health and care plan is above the national average.


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