When Ofsted inspectors visited Greenmount Primary School in March 2014, their findings were that immediate action needed to be taken by leaders at Greenmount Primary school to make improvements to provision.
Immediate action required
The Ofsted inspector said senior leaders were “are not taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement identified at the last Section 5 inspection.”
It stated the school should take immediate action to:
- prioritise actions from the long and detailed improvement plan much more concisely and ensure that they are carried out
- ensure that the impact of all improvement work is precisely measured so that its effectiveness can be accurately judged by those responsible
- increase the level of urgency with which the governing body challenges the school to focus on teaching and learning.
Highlights from latest Ofsted visit
A subsequent Section 8 inspection in June. Highlights from the report published today include:
- The detailed improvement plan is a useful document, but very long.
- The time taken in planning has delayed several actions which are key to driving the improvement required.
- Focus on teaching is beginning to make a difference to standards in some classes but this is not yet consistent.
- Pupils are enjoying increased access to good books in their classrooms.
- Subject leaders, following useful training, are taking steps to improve mathematics and literacy, particularly reading.
- Although the school reports higher levels of attainment for Year 6 pupils, current information about pupil progress does not show accelerated progress this term for most pupils, and neither do pupils’ books.
- The external review of governance has taken place but focused largely on paperwork.
- Governors have not yet clearly identified who will be responsible for monitoring key areas and how they will evaluate progress.
- The local authority is providing valuable support for the school in terms of English and mathematics improvement with leaders of these areas and teachers.
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