Crossflatts Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The outstanding drive and ambition of the headteacher is fully supported by a very effective new senior leadership team and purposeful governing body. As a result, pupils' progress is rapidly accelerating and the quality of teaching improving strongly, despite a period of significant staff change.

Pupils make at least good progress in many subjects from their start in the Early Years Foundation Stage. They leave school in Year 6 with standards which are above average and rising. Pupils' achievement in reading is outstanding.

The quality of teaching is good and sometimes outstanding. Teachers have high expectations. Teaching assistants ma...ke a good contribution to pupils' learning.

Disabled pupils and those with special educational needs, including those in the Designated Special Provision (DSP) unit, make outstanding progress during their time in school. Pupils' behaviour is exemplary and they feel very safe. They take pride in their work.

Their personal development and physical well-being is promoted extremely well through many high quality and challenging creative and sporting experiences. It is not yet an outstanding school because : At times some learning resources restrict the opportunity for pupils to be as creative and productive as they could be. Marking and feedback, which are good overall, do not always provide precise enough guidance for pupils to improve their work in a timely fashion.

Information about this school

The school is larger than the average-sized primary school. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is average. The proportion of pupils supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is average.

The proportion of pupils who receive support through the pupil premium funding is below average. The pupil premium is additional funding for those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those children who are looked after by the local authority. The large majority of pupils are of White British heritage.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6. A Designated Special Provision (DSP) Unit for up to 12 pupils is managed by the school and opened in November 2013. The school runs a daily breakfast club and after-school club.

In 2012 the school increased the number of pupils admitted each year from 45 to 60 pupils. The school building was extended to accommodate this. A significant number of staff, including members of the senior leadership team, took up their post after the previous inspection.