Stamfordham Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Key Findings

Stamfordham is an outstanding school in all respects, including the effectiveness of the Early Years Foundation Stage. The following comment illustrates the high esteem in which the school is held by of all parents and carers, 'A fabulous school with top notch teaching and superb pastoral care'.

Pupils' achievement is outstanding. They enter Reception Year with skills that are broadly as expected and leave at the end of Year 4 with attainment that is high, well above that expected. Throughout the school pupils make outstanding progress in all subject areas.

This includes disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs. Those whose parents are in the Armed Services and who do not h...ave all their education at this school make excellent progress as well. Equality of opportunity is outstanding.

Teaching is outstanding. Teachers are very enthusiastic and use interesting and innovative activities to make learning fun. They use skilful questioning to challenge pupils and make them think.

Teachers regularly assess pupils' work most effectively and make it clear to them how they can improve it. They consistently provide pupils with well-judged criteria for success and involve them fully in using these to assess their own learning. This is a key factor in the success of the school and in pupils' outstanding achievement.

Pupils behave extremely well and say that they feel very safe in school. They are very polite and welcoming and they look after each other well. They cooperate in a very mature way in lessons and this has a very positive effect on their learning.

The pupils rate behaviour highly and they are very proactive in the promotion of their own safety and that of others. The leadership of teaching and the management of performance are highly successful. The school knows its strengths and the areas to develop further extremely well, involving all staff in self-evaluation.

Monitoring and evaluation of pupils' progress are carried out very rigorously and, along with the outstanding curriculum, ensure that the needs and interests of all pupils are met very effectively. The school provides many memorable experiences, and plans new ones enthusiastically for its pupils and this helps their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development to be outstanding.

Information about the school

This school is much smaller than average for a school of this type.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is below average. Most pupils are White British and all speak English as their first language. There is an average proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs, although the proportion who have a statement of special educational needs is lower than average.

The school has many awards, including Healthy School status for the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and the International award for the promotion of an understanding of other cultures. The number of pupils who do not have all of their education at this school is higher than normal due to their parents being in the Armed Services. Separate childcare provision shares the school site, but this is not managed by the governing body and was not included in this inspection.

Inspection grades: 1 is outstanding, 2 is good, 3 is satisfactory and 4 is inadequate Please turn to the glossary for a description of the grades and inspection terms