An Ofsted inspection report released today, Friday 10th May, reveals achievement by pupils at Wootton Primary School is deemed inadequate.
The behaviour and safety of pupils is deemed good, but quality of teaching and leadership and management both require improvement.
The previous Ofsted inspection in 2009, prior to the school re-organistion, found the school to be satisfactory overall.
Ofsted report that school has ‘serious weaknesses’:
- Pupils do not make enough progress in writing and mathematics, especially those for whom the school receives pupil premium funding.
- Too much inadequate teaching in the past has been a major contributor to pupils’ underachievement. The management of teachers’ performance is still not sufficiently rigorous and has not led to consistently good teaching.
- Teaching still requires improvement because work is not always matched to pupils’ abilities, especially for more-able pupils.
- Previously, the governing body did not ask enough searching questions of the school’s leaders about the quality of teaching and pupils’ achievement.
- Subject leaders have not played a strong enough role in improving achievement or the quality of teaching and learning.
- Many changes in staffing over recent years have slowed the pace of improvement significantly and have reduced the impact of new initiatives.
- Teachers sometimes talk too much at the start of lessons and do not check enough to see how well pupils are learning during lessons.
Ofsted go on to say that the school has the following strengths:
- The more settled staff and the senior leadership team are being guided well by the headteacher, and the impact is seen in improving teaching and achievement.
- The governing body is now more able to question the school about the quality of teaching and pupils’ achievement.
- Improvements in teaching can be clearly seen and this is reflected in the better quality of work in pupils’ books.
- Children get off to a good start in the Early Years Foundation Stage because of good teaching.
Behaviour is good in lessons. Pupils enjoy school and attendance is above average.
The report is embedded below for you convenience.
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