St Peter’s Bratton Church of England Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Key findings

St Peter's is an outstanding school. There is a delightful learning ethos that ensures pupils thrive throughout their time in school, and leave thoroughly well prepared for their next steps in education. Consistently high expectations of what pupils can achieve are insistently held by the headteacher and staff.

Meticulous monitoring and evaluation of teaching performance, including by the governing body, have ensured continuing high quality educational provision since the previous inspection. The school's excellent curriculum ensures all groups of pupils achieve outstandingly well academically in all of the National Curriculum subject areas, and develop exceptionally high standards of personal developm...ent. Extensive and frequent opportunities for pupils to raise their spiritual, moral social and cultural awareness are a feature of weekly sharing assemblies.

Very good use of information and communication technology (ICT) through pupils' personal NetBooks further enhances the development of pupils' independent learning and presentational skills in school and at home. Teaching is outstanding over time because they consistently experience lessons where teaching is good or better, accurate identification of pupils' individual learning needs, and bespoke tuition in support of any pupils not progressing well. Excellent shared leadership of teaching ensures consistent development of literacy and numeracy across the curriculum.

Pupils' work is expertly marked although occasionally suggestions for improvement are too general, and sometimes pupils do not respond with corrections or replies to the advice. The behaviour of pupils towards each other, and adults is exemplary. Pupils and parents agree that the school keeps children very safe.

Their confidence in talking about their learning begins in Reception classes. Teachers systematically encourage high quality levels of speaking and listening skills from the outset. Reading is very well taught, and pupils' enjoyment of reading is sustained throughout the school.

Information about the school

St Peter's is larger than most primary schools. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is below the national average. The proportion of pupils supported by school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is similar to the national average.

The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is lower than the national average. There is an on-site childcare provision managed by a charitable trust that was separately inspected earlier this year. The school meets the minimum academic floor standards expected by the government.