Helpringham School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Leaders have improved considerably the quality of teaching since the last inspection. It is now consistently good. The headteacher ensures that all teachers have high expectations of every child.

The skilled subject leaders of both English and mathematics are helping their colleagues to improve their skills further. They give the governing body useful information on the impact of staff's actions and what needs to happen next. Teachers' assessments of pupils' achievement are accurate.

Teachers use these to plan lessons to meet the needs of different groups of pupils. Children get off to a good start in the early years. Three-year-old child...ren settle in quickly and work alongside their older peers happily in a safe and exciting learning environment.

All groups of children make good progress in the early years. The proportion of children who attain a good level of development is consistently higher than the national average. Attainment in the rest of the school is at least in line with the national average, and often above this, across different subjects.

Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, make good progress. Pupils learn well and develop good levels of knowledge across a wide range of subjects. Pupils are kept safe and behave well.

They are thoughtful, kind and respectful. Their work is neat, and they are polite and respectful to others. They have ambitious aspirations to succeed in life.

The school has a well-deserved reputation for pupils' participation in sport. Pupils take part in a wide range, and very large number, of external sporting events and festivals. Parental satisfaction is high.

Parents and carers said that staff are approachable, their children are happy at the school and pupils are taught well. Parents feel listened to and communicated with well. Due to some inconsistency in the quality of teaching in the past, a small number of pupils in key stage 2 have some gaps in their English and mathematical knowledge.

Information about this school

This is a much smaller-than-average sized primary school. The majority of pupils are of a White British background. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is higher than average.

The proportion of pupils who have SEN and/or disabilities is below average.. The small number of pupils in the Year 6 cohort in 2017 meant that the government's floor standards did not apply to the school.