Keyingham Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an inadequate school Arrangements for safeguarding, including in early years, are not effective. Leaders do not meticulously record the actions taken in response to child protection concerns or demonstrate that they respond swiftly and appropriately to all safeguarding concerns. Leaders' plans for improvement lack precision and are not tightly linked to improving pupils' outcomes.

Governors do not hold leaders to account effectively. In turn, leaders do not hold teachers to account effectively. As a result, the quality of teaching has not improved sufficiently to enable all pupils to achieve well.

Middle leadership is underdeveloped. This limits the im...pact these leaders have on improving teaching and pupils' progress. Pupils' current work shows that teachers' expectations of what pupils can achieve are not consistently high in all classes.

The quality of teaching is too variable. Staff do not use assessment information well to plan teaching to tackle the gaps in pupils' learning. This limits pupils' progress, particularly for the most able, disadvantaged pupils and some pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Occasionally, when pupils are not sufficiently challenged, they become distracted and lose focus. This is especially the case for the most able pupils. Reading books are not matched precisely to pupils' phonic skills, particularly at key stage 1 and for pupils with low prior attainment.

This hinders their progress in reading. Persistent absence is too high. A considerable proportion of disadvantaged pupils do not attend school regularly enough to achieve well.

The school has the following strengths Outcomes for children in early years have improved steadily over the last three years and more children are ready to access the curriculum in Year 1. Pupils with SEND who have one-to-one support make strong progress. Despite the shortcomings in the safeguarding arrangements, pupils say that they feel safe and happy at school and want to achieve well.

Relationships throughout the school are positive.

Information about this school

Keyingham Primary School is smaller than the average-sized primary school. Children generally start in Nursery in the term after their third birthday.

The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is below the national average. The proportion of pupils receiving support for special educational needs is above average. The proportion of pupils who have an education, health and care plan is above average.

Almost all pupils are of White British heritage. Very few pupils speak English as an additional language. The school has a breakfast club and after-school childcare provision.