Willow Brook Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Pupils make good progress. Their starting points are broadly in line with those expected for their age but, by the end of Year 6, their attainment is above average in reading, writing and mathematics. Teachers make sure that tasks are well matched to pupils' capabilities, and that they are interesting and varied.

They make sure that both boys and girls make equally good progress. Pupils behave well. They have a good attitude in class and around the school.

From the start of the Early Years Foundation Stage, they learn the school's routines and respond well to teachers' high expectations. Leaders keep a close check on the quality... of teaching and pupils' achievement. They tackle decisively any areas of underperformance which they find.

The governing body supports the school effectively. Governors know the school very well and hold leaders to account for the school's performance. The school promotes pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development well.

Pupils are given opportunities to reflect on and to respond creatively to art and music. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Pupils do not learn as quickly in some classes as they do in others. In lessons, teachers do not always explain things as clearly as they do where teaching is best.

Pupils do not work with the same high levels of enthusiasm in all lessons as they do where teaching is best.

Information about this school

The school is smaller than the average-sized primary school. Almost all pupils are White British.

Very few are from other ethnic backgrounds or speak English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils for whom the school receives the pupil premium is well below average. This is additional government funding which, in this school, is for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is well below average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for attainment and progress in English and mathematics.

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