Green Street Green Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Leaders are ambitious for the school and have a clear vision for its development, which staff share. Leaders have acted swiftly to improve the quality of teaching so that it is now good across the school. Leaders have an accurate understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the school.

Consequently, planning is effective and actions have led to improvements in identified areas for development. The local governing board is effective. Governors are skilled and know the school well.

They provide strong support and challenge to senior leaders. They have a clear understanding of what needs to be done to improve the school. Most pupils now ...make good progress from their different starting points in reading, writing and, to a lesser extent, in mathematics.

Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and strive to improve their work. The broad and wide-ranging curriculum helps pupils to learn well. Pupils attend school regularly because they enjoy the many enriching activities that the school offers.

Pupils are well cared for and feel safe. They behave well and incidents of inappropriate behaviour are rare. Most parents and carers feel that their children are happy, safe and well looked after.

They are highly complimentary about the school's leadership. Children receive a good start to their education in early years. They are well prepared for the learning they will experience in Year 1.

In mathematics, insufficient attention is given to problem solving. Reflecting a lack of challenge, the most able pupils are not achieving the higher standards in mathematics. Middle leadership is not yet consistently effective in raising the quality of provision and standards.

Information about this school

In May 2016, the school converted to academy status and became part of the South Orpington Learning Alliance and a local governing board was appointed. The current interim head of school was appointed in July 2018. Green Street Green Primary School is larger than the average-sized primary school.

The school accommodates an alternative specialist provision for pupils who have speech and language needs in the speech and language unit. The majority of pupils are from White British backgrounds. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is below the national average.

The proportion of pupils eligible for the pupil premium is below the national average. The proportion of pupils who have SEND is above the national average. The proportion of pupils who have an education, health and care plan is above the national average.

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