Nyewood CofE Junior School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils make good progress in reading, writing and mathematics and achieve well. Standards in reading, writing and mathematics have risen every year since 2011.

In 2013, attainment was substantially above average in reading and mathematics and average in writing. Teaching has improved. Most teaching is good and some is outstanding.

The religious ethos of the school is at the core of this caring and inclusive school. Pupils behave well and feel very safe. Pupils' behaviour when moving around the school is exemplary.

Leaders and governors have been highly effective in securing improvements in teaching and in raising pupils' achieve...ment. Staff and governors share the headteacher's determination to sustain the drive to improve and work very effectively as a team. It is not yet an outstanding school because: Pupils' make slower progress in writing than in reading and mathematics.

There is not yet enough outstanding teaching. Occasionally, teachers' expectations of pupils' work are not high enough. Work is sometimes too hard and at other times too easy for pupils.

Pupils do not always have time to read teachers' comments in their books and use these to improve their work.

Information about this school

The school is an average-sized primary school. The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium is average.

Pupil premium is additional funding provided by the government to support pupils known to be eligible for free school meals, children who are looked after by the local authority and children with a parent or carer in the armed forces. Most pupils are White British. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is average.

The proportion supported through school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is above average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. The majority of pupils join the school from Nyewood Church of England Infant School, which is on the same site.

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