Hob Moor Community Primary Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils achieve well from their individual starting points in English and mathematics. Standards of attainment are average by the end of Year 6 and improving.

Pupils write well for their age and have a good knowledge of English grammar. Pupils with special educational needs make good progress. Pupils make rapid progress in Years 2 and 6 because teaching is outstanding in these year groups.

Teaching is good overall. Pupils enjoy learning because lessons are interesting and fun. Behaviour is good in lessons and around the school.

Pupils feel very safe. The federation with Hob Moor Oaks makes a significant contribution to pupils' ed...ucation. The curriculum is very well thought out to interest pupils and to develop their spiritual, moral, social and cultural awareness.

Good, well organised leadership of teaching means that teaching is consistently good or better in every class. As a result, pupils' achievement continues to improve. Governors challenge the school rigorously.

They keep a close check on pupils' achievement. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teaching is not yet outstanding. Sometimes the pace of lessons slows.

Teachers miss opportunities to let the most able pupils learn through finding out for themselves. The range of reading materials, especially for older pupils, does not tempt them to read a lot because they do not reflect pupils' tastes and interests. Middle leaders do not have a clear enough focus on or overview of achievement in the curriculum subjects for which they are responsible.

Information about this school

This school is larger than the average-sized primary school. Most pupils are White British. The proportion of pupils supported through school action is broadly average.

The proportion of pupils supported through school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is broadly average. The proportion of pupils supported through the pupil premium is high. The pupil premium is additional funding for those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals, children from service families and children who are looked after by the local authority.

A few pupils attend either the local authority behaviour support unit or the speech and language centre part-time. This school is federated with Hob Moor Oaks Special School. The two schools have a joint governing body and are led and managed by one Principal.

Each school has its own head of school. There is a temporary leadership arrangement from 1 September 2013 until 1 January 2014, pending the appointment of a new Principal. The current Principal is employed as a part-time Consultant Principal.

Both heads of school are acting headteachers for this period. The two schools share all areas of the building but have separate classrooms. Senior and middle leaders from both schools work in partnership.

The on-site children's centre is inspected separately. A copy of its report is available on the website www.ofsted.

gov.uk. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

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