Winstanley Community Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school The headteacher provides very strong leadership and has the highest aspirations for her pupils and staff.

Together with a very effective senior leadership team, she has built on the school's strengths and tackled any relative weaknesses. She has not hesitated to take very robust action in order to bring about the necessary improvements. As a result, the school is now outstanding in all areas and morale is high.

The governors are knowledgeable and dedicated. They provide stringent challenge, as well as support, to the leaders and the staff. The teaching is of a consistently high quality across the school.

Teachers have a f...irm command of their subjects; they regularly update and extend their knowledge and expertise. Their lessons are very well planned and often highly imaginative and stimulating. The school's assessment systems are very thorough and used very effectively to keep a careful and regular check on each pupil's progress, so that those who are doing well can be stretched further and those who are falling behind can be given the help they need to catch up.

Standards have been consistently high for several years, especially in reading and writing. Pupils of all abilities are progressing well. The pupils have highly positive attitudes.

They show considerable enthusiasm for all aspects of school life and they work and play hard. Their behaviour in lessons and in and around the school is extremely good. They show the greatest respect for each other, staff, visitors and their environment.

All staff at the school know the pupils very well and take the greatest care to ensure that they are safe and happy. Parents have a very high regard for the school and the work of its staff. The early years provision is very well led by able and experienced staff.

They work very closely with parents to ensure that the children have a good start in the Nursery and Reception and transfer successfully into key stage 1. The teaching and assessment are of high quality and the children are provided with stimulating activities which help them develop intellectually and emotionally. The staff work effectively with other schools to influence their practice.

Pupil premium funding is spent effectively to ensure that disadvantaged pupils make very good progress from their starting points. The information about this on the school's website does not reflect the excellence of its practice.

Information about this school

The school does not meet requirements on the publication of information about the pupil premium and sports funding.

The school meets the government's floor standard for pupils' progress and attainment by the end of Year 6. This school is considerably larger than the average-sized primary school. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is well below average.

The great majority of pupils are from White British backgrounds with English as their first language. The proportion of pupils with a statement of special educational needs or an education, health and care plan is well below average. The proportion of pupils entering or leaving the school at other than the usual times is very low.

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