Ofsted have written to Niton Primary School Executive and Associate Headteachers, Mrs Stephanie Praetig and Mr Martin Lee with results from their most recent inspection.
The primary school was placed in Special Measures in September 2013. The first Section 8 inspection found the school to be making significant progress to improve.
This time, the inspector found the “school is making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures”, but still is not in a position to appoint any “newly qualified teachers”.
Leadership
Since the last visit an executive headteacher has been appointed for three days a week and the consultant headteacher now leads the school on the other two days. Three new parent governors have joined the governing body while two local authority governors have left. Within the last two weeks two clerks to the governing body have been temporarily appointed to cover the long-term absence of the substantive clerk.
Other highlights
- Many pupils are on track to meet the school’s interim milestones
- Adults now have higher expectations of what pupils can achieve
- Progress in reading is stronger across the school than in mathematics and writing, although there are signs of improvements in both these subjects
- Progress for reception class children remains strong and children enjoy the range of learning activities.
- Pupils’ love of reading and the opportunities to read a variety of texts are supporting their accelerated progress in this subject.
- In writing, pupils are beginning to have more opportunities to write at length.
- Since the last visit teaching has improved but remains too variable
- Teaching assistants are used effectively to support the skills being taught by the class teacher throughout the lesson
- Pupils’ behaviour in class and outside continues to be a strength of the school
- Attendance has improved since the last inspection and is now broadly average
- The executive headteacher has brought about significant changes since her appointment
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