St Margaret’s Lee CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school. Leadership, including governance, is outstanding at all levels.

When pupils leave the school all aspects of their learning and well-being have been extremely well developed. They are very well prepared for the next stage in their education. Teaching is consistently outstanding in all areas of the school.

Excellent subject knowledge and a deep understanding of what pupils can do enable teachers to plan very precisely for all groups of pupils. Pupils' achievement is outstanding. They make rapid progress in all year groups and reach high standards of attainment at the end of Year 6 in reading, writing and mathematics.

Pupil...s love coming to school and have outstanding attitudes to learning. The school knows pupils and their families extremely well and provides an exceptional level of care. Pupils feel very safe and their behaviour is impeccable in lessons and around the school.

Provision for pupils whose circumstances makes them vulnerable or who are disabled or have special educational needs is outstanding. This results in them making rapid and often faster progress than their classmates. The school's curriculum is vibrant and exciting.

All aspects of pupils' social, moral, spiritual and cultural development are catered for extremely well. As a result pupils are mature, deep thinking and confident when they leave school. The provision in Nursery and Reception is outstanding both inside and outside the classroom.

Adults know children extremely well and plan activities closely matched to their interests and abilities. This ensures that all children make very fast progress across all areas of learning. The whole school community – pupils, staff and parents and carers – are totally committed to what the school is doing.

Teachers love working at the school and are tireless in their efforts to become even better at what they do. Governors have an excellent understanding of the school. This enables them to challenge the school effectively and make significant contributions to the school's plans for the future.

The school's procedures for ensuring that pupils are safe and secure are outstanding.

Information about this school

This is an average-sized primary school. About one in five pupils are known to be eligible for the pupil premium (additional government funding which supports pupils eligible for free school meals and those looked after by the local authority).

This is average. One in 16 pupils is disabled or has special educational needs. This is below average.

Just over a half of pupils belong to ethnic groups other than White British. About one in five are from Black African or Black Caribbean families. About a quarter of pupils do not have English as their first langauge.

The school meets the government's floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics. There is a wide range of before- and after-school clubs which are managed by external providers. They were not looked at as part of this inspection.

Children attend Reception on a full-time basis and Nursery children attend on a part-time basis. The Early Years Foundation Stage is recognized as exceptional provision by the local authority. The headteacher is providing training to schools in the computing part of the new National Curriculum.

The school has also provided training to schools in increasing the proportion of pupils achieving Level 6 in reading. Just over three years ago, following the resignation of the then headteacher, the current headteacher and deputy headteacher took up their posts. The school appointed two teachers who are new to the profession in September 2014.