Spalding Parish Church of England Day School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an inadequate school Leaders have been too slow to respond to pupils' low attainment and poor progress since the last inspection. The capacity of leaders to improve the school is weak. Leaders have not received appropriate or timely support from the local authority.

Governors and leaders do not evaluate the school's provision accurately. Their views are over-generous. Leaders cannot account for the allocation and spending of pupil premium funding or evaluate its impact.

The curriculum does not enable pupils to make adequate progress in writing, reading or mathematics. Too few pupils attain the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics screening check and... Year 2 recheck. Teachers' expectations of what pupils can achieve are too low in key stages 1 and 2.

Disadvantaged pupils, pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), those who speak English as an additional language and the most able make poor progress because teaching is inadequate. Teachers' assessments have been inaccurate until recently. This means that teachers have not precisely identified gaps in pupils' learning.

Pupils do not display consistently positive attitudes to their learning. This is particularly so when teaching does not meet their needs. Pupils do not always behave well at breaks and lunchtimes.

There are too few resources and activities to engage them outside. Attendance rates are improving, but too many disadvantaged pupils are persistently absent from school. The school has the following strengths There is a secure and effective culture of safeguarding at the school.

Children are well taught and cared for in the early years. Adults have high expectations, and children achieve well.

Information about this school

The school is larger than the average-sized primary school.

The proportion of pupils who are eligible for support through pupil premium funding is below the national average. The proportion of pupils with SEND is above the national average. The proportion of pupils with a statement or an education, health and care plan is above the national average.

The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is well above the national figure. The deputy headteacher was appointed acting headteacher in September 2017 and an assistant headteacher was promoted to acting deputy headteacher in September 2018. The school had its Section 48 Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools in May 2014.