Kings Hill Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school The headteacher provides exceptional leadership. She is uncompromising in ensuring that all pupils have a broad and rich learning experience that promotes very high achievement. Leaders monitor the quality of teaching carefully.

They maintain a drive for excellence in teaching while providing effective support where necessary. Disadvantaged pupils are supported extremely well through a very good team that works in a variety of ways to help them overcome barriers to learning. They make very good progress and differences with other pupils are diminishing.

Teaching, learning and assessment are consistently good and frequently outstan...ding. Teachers have very good subject knowledge and use this well to challenge pupils and ensure that they achieve well. Pupils receive a broad and rich curriculum that encourages a deep understanding of the subjects and the topics that they learn.

Provision for pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is outstanding. Pupils value each other's contribution in discussions and learn to ask questions and share their views. Pupils have a good understanding of fundamental British values.

Provision for pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEN) are outstanding. Plans are implemented effectively and additional adults provide strong support and guidance to make sure that these pupils make sustained progress. Behaviour around the school is outstanding.

Pupils are very well prepared for lessons and show highly positive attitudes to learning. Pupils fully understand the expectations set for them and respond extremely well. Achievement is very strong, with all pupils making significant progress.

Attainment by the end of Year 6 is high and pupils are extremely well prepared for the next stage of education. A priority for all staff is that of keeping children safe, from supervising pupils at play through to discussing with pupils how to keep safe when using the internet. Teachers have pupils' safety and welfare at the centre of their work.

Provision for the early years is outstanding. From low starting points, children make very good progress through the Nursery and Reception classes. Although indoor provision is excellent in Reception, outdoor equipment and provision is poorer, sometimes preventing children from making the progress of which they are capable.

Information about this school

The school is larger than the average-sized primary school. Half of pupils are eligible for support through the pupil premium because they are known to be eligible for free school meals or are in care. This proportion is above average.

Around three quarters of pupils are from minority ethnic groups. The largest groups are of Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Indian heritage. Around half of pupils speak English as an additional language.

The schools runs a breakfast club for pupils. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress by the end of Year 6. The local authority has successfully supported the school by brokering the services of a headteacher from another local primary school, to work with King's Hill as their school improvement partner.