Earlier this month, Haylands Primary School received the results of a recent Ofsted inspection.
Inspectors carried out a two day inspection in February and gave the school an overall rating of ‘Requires Improvement’. This is an improvement from the previous inspection when the school was rated as Inadequate.
As reported in December 2015, the “Leaders and managers are taking effective action towards the removal of the serious weaknesses designation”.
Strengths of the school
In February, the inspector found the school has the following strengths
- The headteacher is effective and determined in his drive for sustained school improvement.
- Leaders have brought about improvements to the quality of teaching and learning in the early years.
- Children make a good start to their learning in the early years. The good practice in the early years key stage is spreading across the school.
- There is good commitment to the pastoral care and well-being of all pupils seen throughout the staff team and parents typically appreciate this.
Where improvements are needed
However, some improvements still need to be made before Haylands can become a ‘Good’ school.
- Pupils’ progress varies too much. Boys do not make as much progress as girls in reading, writing and mathematics. Pupils do not make as much progress in writing as they do in reading and mathematics.
- The attainment of pupils is below average but is rising because of improved teaching and increasingly well-targeted and organised support.
- The quality of teaching is not yet consistently good. Too much teaching does not build on what pupils already know or can do. Teaching does not ensure that the most-able pupils achieve as well as they could.
- Teachers do not inform pupils how to improve their work well enough.
- When teachers set work that is not challenging enough, pupils’ attention drifts and their behaviour deteriorates.
- Subject leaders do not have a clear enough view of the achievement of pupils across the different subjects.
- Middle leaders do not use the information gained from their checks on teaching and pupil progress to provide teachers with clear enough guidance on how to improve their work.
The report
Full details can be found in the report below. Click on the full screen icon to see larger version.
