Trosnant Junior School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher, governors and staff are determined to make sure that the school's provision and pupils' progress is continuously improved. The result is that pupils' achievement, teaching and the school's overall effectiveness have improved since the previous inspection.

Teaching is led well and is typically good or better in almost all lessons. This is often because activities that teachers provide are often well matched to pupils' varying abilities. There is an increasing proportion of outstanding lessons.

All groups of pupils, including those in the unit, achieve well. Standards are above average in reading. In writing and mathematics..., they are average and getting better.

Relationships are good. Pupils behave well. They feel safe, thoroughly enjoy school and learning and have positive attitudes.

Their attendance is high. It is the excellence of the leadership and management of the headteacher that is pivotal to the school's increasing success. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Although some lessons are outstanding, there are not yet enough to make achievement outstanding.

Although teachers plan most subjects very well, there is a weakness in the provision of French.

Information about this school

The school is of average size. It is federated with the adjacent infant school and there is one headteacher (the executive headteacher) and a governing body for both schools.

In addition, the schools share a coordinator for disabled pupils and those with special educational needs. The school includes a special unit for seven pupils who have behavioural, emotional or social development (BESD) needs. All of these pupils have statements of special educational needs.

Although almost all of the pupils in the main school live within the immediate vicinity, the BESD unit pupils travel from a wide area of southern Hampshire. Almost all the pupils are of White British heritage and very few are from minority ethnic groups. No pupils are at an early stage of learning English.

The number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is high in comparison to the national average. These pupils are entitled to the pupil premium (additional funding). The number of pupils supported because of the learning difficulties at school action, school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs, is very high in comparison to the national average.

The school meets the current floor standards set by the government, which determines the minimum expectations for attainment and progress. The school has a breakfast club. This provision is managed by the governing body.

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