St Paul’s Community Primary and Nursery School, Spalding

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Name St Paul’s Community Primary and Nursery School, Spalding
Inspections
Ofsted Inspections
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Mrs Selina Ratchford
Address Queens Road, Spalding, PE11 2JQ
Phone Number 01775723326
Phase Academy
Type Academy sponsor led
Age Range 2-11
Religious Character Does not apply
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 247
Local Authority Lincolnshire
Highlights from Latest Inspection
This inspection rating relates to a predecessor school. When a school converts to an academy, is taken over or closes and reopens as a new school a formal link is created between the new school and the old school, by the Department for Education. Where the new school has not yet been inspected, we show the inspection history of the predecessor school, as we believe it still has significance.

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an inadequate school Pupils do not receive an acceptable standard of education.

Leaders do not have the capacity to improve the school quickly enough. Leaders do not take timely or effective action to improve the significant weaknesses in the quality of teaching and learning. They have not successfully addressed the areas for improvement identified at the previous inspection.

Leaders do not ensure that pupils are well prepared for the next stage of education. Pupils' outcomes in reading, writing, mathematics and phonics are too low. The curriculum is not broad and balanced and teachers' subject knowledge is sometimes poor.

Pupils' knowledge of... history, geography and religious education (RE) is inadequate. The proportion of children achieving a good level of development in the early years is too low and not improving. The governance of the school is inadequate.

Governors do not hold leaders to account. They do not monitor effectively the impact of additional funding. The pupil premium funding for disadvantaged pupils is not used effectively.

These pupils make inadequate progress across the curriculum. Teachers do not have high enough expectations of what pupils can achieve in most subjects. Pupils do not read widely and often.

Some lower-attaining pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) cannot read or write well enough. Too many disadvantaged pupils and pupils who speak English as an additional language are persistently absent from school. The school has the following strengths Leaders ensure that the provision for pupils' personal development, welfare and safety is good.

Pupils behave well. They are kind, caring and polite.

Information about this school

The school is a slightly smaller-than-average-sized primary school.

There has been a significant turnover in teaching staff since the previous inspection. The school is currently receiving support from Monkshouse Primary School. This support is funded by the local authority.

The proportion of pupils with SEND is slightly above the national average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is above average. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is well above the national average.


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