Highampton Community Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school because: The pupils' outstanding achievement starts from the moment they enter the school where they are inspired and encouraged to excel in everything that they do. All pupils are highly motivated, keen to attend school regularly and focus on their learning throughout the day.

As a consequence they are making exceptional progress and achieving high standards in all subjects. The atmosphere in the school is one that recognises and values the individual and the community. This inclusive ethos is shared and contributed to by everyone involved and has led to the exceptional improvement.

This is a school where everyone really does mat...ter. The quality of teaching is outstanding. Lessons are expertly planned and delivered by an excellent staff team.

They are stimulating, exciting and thoroughly enjoyed, ensuring that the work is set at exactly the right level for individual pupils. However, on a few occasions pupils were not given the opportunity to share their understanding of the work with the rest of the group. Pupils' behaviour is exemplary both in lessons and around the school.

They are highly respectful, polite, well meaning, confident, hard working and fun. They value their school highly and this can be best seen in the comment made by a pupil who said 'this school is perfect now'. The headteacher and her highly committed team have ensured that the school continues to improve and evolve.

Their excellent leadership and management have continually focused on improving standards for the pupils in order to improve their future life chances. All leaders, including governors, have high expectations and their work to develop outstanding teaching is of exceptionally high quality. This attention to detail ensures that the school is extremely well placed to continue to get even better in the future.

Information about this school

Highampton is a very small rural primary school where most pupils attend from the local community. All pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported by school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is below average.

The proportion of pupils who are supported through school action is average. The proportion of pupils who are known to be eligible for the pupil premium is well below average. The school meets the current floor standards, the minimum standards expected by the government for pupils' attainment and progress.

The school is a member of the Holsworthy Federation of schools and as such governors share responsibility for all of the six schools within the federation. The school has a before-school club that operates one day per week on site managed by the governing body. A privately managed pre-school, normally located in the village hall, uses the school facilities one day per week but is inspected separately.

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