Middleton Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher fully understands the needs of the pupils and families the school serves.

Her leadership has created an inclusive school where pupils' social, emotional and learning needs are well met. Staff are highly motivated and work hard to achieve good outcomes for pupils. Teaching is good.

Staff plan work which is well matched to most pupils' needs and interests. Pupils are interested in their learning and make good progress. The quality of leadership, teaching and learning, and provision in the early years is good.

As a result, children make good progress from their starting points. Leaders make good use of induction, per...formance management and training to promote good teaching and raise pupils' achievement. The recently appointed deputy and assistant headteachers have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths and what needs to be improved.

They have put in place effective actions to develop their areas. Behaviour in lessons and social times is good. There is a calm, orderly and purposeful atmosphere throughout the school.

Leaders and learning mentors provide very good pastoral support for pupils and their families. Their well-targeted approaches ensure high-quality provision for pupils' personal development and welfare needs. Governors know the school well.

They provide a good balance of support and challenge to the headteacher and senior leaders. Their careful checking of the pupil premium spending ensure that this impacts well on pupils' outcomes, attendance and social development. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Not enough pupils achieve the expected standards by the end of key stage 1 or in writing by the end of Year 6.

Leaders' approaches to checking the impact of actions to bring school improvements are not fully embedded.

Information about this school

The school is larger than the average-sized primary school. The proportions of pupils both from minority ethnic backgrounds or who speak English as an additional language are close to that found nationally.

This has increased since the school's previous inspection. The proportion of pupils eligible for the pupil premium funding is well above that found nationally. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities support is well above that found nationally.

The proportion of pupils with an education, health and care plan is similar to that found nationally. The number of pupils who join the school other than in Nursery is well above the national average. The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website.