Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Wybourn is led and managed extremely well by the executive headteacher and the head of school, who are driving improvements in teaching and achievement very effectively.

Pupils make good progress through all three key stages in this improving school. Standards are average by the end of Year 6 and are now improving quickly in reading, writing and mathematics. Much teaching is good and some is outstanding.

This, alongside what is often an exciting curriculum, promotes pupils' good attitudes to learning. Pupils' behaviour in lessons and around the school is good. Pupils feel safe and secure within a caring, supportive and inclusive environm...ent.

Leaders promote British values and other aspects of pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development well through the curriculum and daily routines. The early years provides a good start to children's education. The setting and activities ensure children make good progress in their learning and personal development.

Leaders at all levels make a strong contribution to the school's capacity for further improvement. Senior leaders oversee their areas very well, through very effective line management. They have a detailed knowledge of achievement and teaching in their areas.

The rate of boys' progress is increasing quickly. Throughout the school, teachers take care to plan activities that interest and engage them in learning. The governing body knows the school comprehensively, challenges robustly its work and performance, and holds leaders to account.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : The most-able children and pupils, from the Nursery onwards, are not consistently given work that enables them to reach their full potential. Middle leaders do not have full responsibility and accountability for the achievement of pupils in their subject areas.

Information about this school

The school is much larger than the average sized-primary school and the number on roll continues to increase.

The large majority of pupils are of White British heritage and speak English as their first language. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils, those supported through the pupil premium, is well above average. The pupil premium funding is additional funding for those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those children who are looked after by the local authority.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is above average. The school accepts children into the Nursery class for part-time or full-time education. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress by the end of Year 6 in reading, writing and mathematics.

The school is part of The Wybourn Learning Community, which consists of Wybourn Community Primary and Nursery School and Wybourn Children's Centre. The children's centre provides childcare for children aged from nought to four. There are opportunities for adult learning in both the school and centre.

The executive headteacher also leads Manor Lodge Primary School and the Grace Owen Nursery School. The head of school works in partnership with the executive headteacher in leading and managing the school. Children who attend the Nursery class are based in the children's centre, which the school leads and manages and is subject to a separate inspection.