Treloweth Community Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. As a result of outstanding leadership by the headteacher, who is well supported by the team of senior teachers and the governors, pupils' achievement has improved rapidly since the previous inspection. The standard of pupils' work seen by the end of Year 6, low at the time of the previous inspection, is now similar to the national average in writing and mathematics, and slightly above average in reading.

The action taken to improve teaching through robust monitoring has been very effective; teaching is consistently good now and some is outstanding. The individual learning and pastoral needs of all the pupils are met very well. The high quality of... care shown to the pupils and their families is a real strength of the school.

All groups of pupils, including those eligible for the pupil premium, achieve well because of the school's inclusive nature and the good support programmes for those who need extra help. Behaviour is good; pupils are polite and well mannered. They say they feel safe in school and bullying is rare; parents agree.

A particular strength of the school is that every opportunity is taken to promote pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development based on the school's strong emphasis on mutual respect. Staff morale is high and they are united in the continuing drive for improvement, the pupils are also very involved and want to see 'everything keeps getting better and better'. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teaching is not outstanding.

In some lessons the teachers provide too much direction so the pupils have too few opportunities to work independently and think more for themselves. There are not enough opportunities for pupils to practise and develop their literacy and numeracy skills in other areas of the curriculum.

Information about this school

The school is a larger-than-average-sized primary school.

It has 14 single age classes, which include two Reception classes for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage. Most pupils are of White British heritage and there is a small, but increasing, number of children from ethnic minority backgrounds, some of whom enter the school speaking English as an additional language. An above average proportion of pupils are eligible for the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for children in local authority care and pupils known to be eligible for free school meals.

The proportion of pupils supported at school action and school action plus is well above average. The proportion of pupils with a statement of special educational needs is also well above average. A breakfast club, which is managed by the governing body, is available.

Since the beginning of 2013 the school has been part of the Crofty Co-operative Trust made up of six local schools. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set out the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. The school does not make use of alternative provision for any of its pupils.

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