Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Trust leaders and governors work well together to ensure that the school receives good support.

They have a good knowledge of the school's strengths and weaknesses. This has helped the school to improve quickly. Leaders and staff have created a nurturing and inclusive learning environment.

This ensures that pupils settle quickly and are confident learners. The executive headteacher has developed a strong team ethic. Staff work together well and are committed to making the school as good as it can be.

All are proud to work at the school and morale is high. Support for pupils' personal development and welfare is excellent. Leaders ...have an unwavering commitment to the pupils and their families.

Through their actions and a strong moral purpose, leaders demonstrate their care and concern for all in the school community. Effective use of professional development has resulted in good teaching. Leaders from the trust provide clear feedback and hold teachers to account for the quality of pupils' learning.

However, some teaching is variable because : good practice is not always shared, and pupils do not make the strongest progress possible. Safeguarding is effective. Pupils feel very safe at school.

Pupils are keen to do well. Positive relationships established across the school ensure that pupils are well cared for and safe. Phonics is taught effectively.

Pupils receive targeted support that helps them to develop their early reading skills well. The curriculum is well planned, ensuring that pupils make good progress across a range of subjects. Opportunities to participate in extra-curricular activities provide further enrichment of their learning.

The provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is a strength of the school. Well-targeted support means that these pupils make good progress from their starting points. Children make good progress from their typically low starting points in the early years.

Leaders use their assessments effectively to meet the needs of the children. Pupils' writing is well supported through the planned sequence of learning. However, their handwriting is weak because teachers do not provide consistent expectations and models of what this should look like in their work.

Leaders are working hard to improve pupils' attendance. However, there is still more to do to ensure that pupils attend more often.

Information about this school

The school is part of the Portico Multi-Academy Trust.

The school joined as a sponsor-led academy in April 2016. The school has a local governing body. The school has an executive headteacher and two heads of school.

The school is larger than the average-sized primary school. The proportion of pupils with SEND is slightly below the national average. The proportion of pupils who have an education, health and care plan is below the national average.

The majority of pupils are of a White British heritage. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is higher than the national average. The proportion of pupils who are eligible for the additional pupil premium funding is higher than the national average.