Sutton Green Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The school has experienced a period of decline, since the previous inspection. However, under the strong leadership of the current headteacher, an ethos of high expectation and ambition has been created.

Staff are fully supportive of the school's leadership, and significant improvements have been secured at the school over the past two years. The school's well-planned curriculum is used effectively by teachers to inspire pupils to learn. Teachers ensure that pupils develop their knowledge and skills across the full range of subjects.

Middle leaders play an effective role in monitoring and improving their areas of responsibility. They make... regular checks on the quality of pupils' work and have overseen improvements to their subject areas. The overall quality of teaching is good.

Teachers plan lessons well to meet the needs of their pupils and are skilful in their use of questioning. Provision in the early years is good. Staff use the well-resourced learning environment to provide children with a range of fun activities.

However, sometimes staff fail to use assessment well enough to set work that challenges children and helps them to move on rapidly in their learning. Governors share the headteacher's ambition to improve the school further. They keep a close eye on the school's work and are kept well informed about pupils' achievement.

There is a strong culture of safeguarding in the school. Any concerns are followed up promptly, and staff ensure that pupils receive any support that they might need. Pastoral care is a strength of the school.

Staff know pupils well and provide good support for each individual pupil. Improvements have been made to the teaching of reading. However, there are still too many pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who do not reach the standard in the phonics check, and the support they are given does not help them to catch up quickly enough.

Pupils enjoy the school. Their attitudes to learning are good, and they show respect and courtesy towards one another, in class and during break and lunchtimes. Pupils' outcomes are improving strongly but are not yet good.

Poor spelling limits the progress for many pupils, and, in key stage 1, some weaknesses in teaching remain. However, the overall improvements that leaders have secured in all subjects show that this is a good and improving school.

Information about this school

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

The vast majority of pupils are White British. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is much higher than the national average. The proportion of pupils who have SEND is broadly average.

The proportion of pupils who have an education, health and care plan is above average. There are two Reception classes. Children attend full time.

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