Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt

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About Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt


Name Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt
Website http://www.heathlands.essex.sch.uk
Inspections
Ofsted Inspections
Headteacher Mr Joseph Fielder
Address New Church Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JF
Phone Number 01206240288
Phase Primary
Type Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 5-11
Religious Character Church of England
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 418
Local Authority Essex
Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Heathlands Primary School is an extremely caring, outward-looking and highly inclusive school. It is described accurately by one member of staff as having a 'village feel where you are part of a family'. The personal touch of the acting headteacher, ably supported by other staff, ensures that pupils' well-being comes first.

Parents and carers are effusive about the care provided by the school. Pupils embody the Christian values of the school. They are kind, well-mannered and supportive, and celebrate each other's achievements.

Their behaviour is exemplary. Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is a strength of the school. Pupi...ls are highly reflective and engage in deep philosophical discussions with their teachers.

Leaders, managers and governors are very ambitious for the pupils. As a result, teaching, learning and most pupils' progress are good. Staff are clear about leaders' ambitions and support them well.

The teaching of phonics in key stage 1 is strong. Young pupils develop a love for reading early on. Attainment has been consistently high in reading, writing and mathematics.

Leadership of the early years is very effective. Reception children respond enthusiastically and become engrossed in learning. Children make an excellent start to school life because of high-quality teaching.

Effective workplace training has helped teachers to improve their teaching of writing. Key stage 2 pupils' fluency in writing has improved. However, they make too many errors with spelling, punctuation and grammar.

The decline in reading progress with the older pupils is being addressed. Recent training for the teaching of reading skills is evident in lessons. Sometimes, the most able pupils in key stage 2 are not readily given the hardest work.

As a result, they stand still in their learning. This was particularly noticeable in the teaching of mathematics. While there are strong systems to assess and analyse pupils' performance, leaders do not always readily address areas of weakness that they have identified.

This leads to an improvement strategy having limited impact and results in pupils not improving quickly enough.

Information about this school

Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is larger than most primary schools. The previous headteacher left the school at short notice in May 2018.

Since then, the deputy headteacher has been acting headteacher and the SENCo has been acting deputy headteacher. Some middle leaders have also taken on elements of senior leadership, for example the key stage 2 leader is now the deputy safeguarding leader. Governors have advertised the headship post and are interviewing soon.

An inspection of the religious education (section 48) at the school took place on 7 July 2014. The proportion of pupils who have SEN and/or disabilities is lower than the national average. The proportion of pupils who have an education, health and care plan is in line with the national average.

The proportion of pupils who are disadvantaged and in receipt of pupil premium funding is below the national average. The school is in a consortium of 12 schools that share practice. The school works particularly closely with North Primary School and Bishop William Ward School.

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