Warboys Primary Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The determined and committed leadership of the headteacher has ensured a relentless drive for improvement. This has helped to secure gains in teaching and a shared commitment from staff to improve the school further. The early years provision is good and is rapidly improving.

Teaching and learning in the early years are effective. Staff have skill and expertise in understanding the needs of the children. As a result, children are making good progress from their starting points.

Leaders have rightly focused on improving the quality of teaching, which is now good throughout the school. There is a strong culture of support and development. T...he teaching of reading is a particular strength.

Staff meticulously track the progress pupils make in reading, writing and mathematics. They provide swift and timely support for those who need to catch up. Current pupils are making good progress from their various starting points.

Pupils' outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics compare favourably with national levels. Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes to learning. Pupils are happy, confident, courteous and well mannered.

They care for each other and are respectful. The school provides a caring, warm and welcoming environment, where pupils are happy. Relationships between adults and pupils are strong and contribute to pupils' willingness to learn.

At times, the most able pupils, including the most able disadvantaged pupils, are not challenged sufficiently in some classes. A very small minority of pupils find it difficult to behave well. Parents are very positive and supportive of the school.

However, a few said that pupils do not behave as well as they should and some said that they are not as informed as they would like to be about leaders' decisions. Some middle leaders do not yet fully understand the part they play in the strategic leadership of the school, including the development of the curriculum, but are beginning to make a contribution towards it.

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The school meets the current government floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for attainment and progress of pupils by the end of Year 6 in reading, writing and mathematics. The school is a smaller school than the average primary school. The majority of pupils are of White British background.

The proportion of pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals is slightly lower than is found nationally. The proportion of pupils who have SEN and/or disabilities or who are supported by an education, health and care plan, or statement of SEN, is above average. Pupils are taught in a range of single-age and mixed-age classes.

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