INSPECTION REPORT ANSTON GREENLANDS JUNIOR and INFANT SCHOOL North Anston, Sheffield LEA Area: Rotherham Unique Reference Number
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INSPECTION REPORT ANSTON GREENLANDS JUNIOR AND INFANT SCHOOL North Anston, Sheffield LEA area: Rotherham Unique reference number: 106921 Headteacher: Mrs. A. E. Jones Reporting inspector: Mr. K. Williams 21074 Dates of inspection: 9th – 12th September 2002 Inspection number: 246636 Full inspection carried out under section 10 of the School Inspections Act 1996 © Crown copyright 2002 This report may be reproduced in whole or in part for non-commercial educational purposes, provided that all extracts quoted are reproduced verbatim without adaptation and on condition that the source and date thereof are stated. Further copies of this report are obtainable from the school. Under the School Inspections Act 1996, the school must provide a copy of this report and/or its summary free of charge to certain categories of people. A charge not exceeding the full cost of reproduction may be made for any other copies supplied. INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL Type of school: Infant and Junior School category: Community Age range of pupils: 4 - 11 Gender of pupils: Mixed School address: Edinburgh Drive North Anston Sheffield South Yorkshire Postcode: S25 4HD Telephone number: 01909 550557 Fax number: 01909 568466 Appropriate authority: Governing Body Name of chair of governors: Mr. David Latham Date of previous inspection: 31st January – 4th February 2000 Anston Greenlands Junior and Infant School - 4 INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSPECTION TEAM Subject Aspect responsibilities Team members responsibilities 20174 Mr. K. Williams Registered inspector Foundation What sort of school is Stage it? The school’s results and Geography achievements. How History well are the pupils English as an taught? How well is Additional the school led and Language managed? What should the school do to improve further? 9511 Mrs. A. Longfield Lay inspector Pupils’ attitudes, values and personal development. Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. How well does the school care for its pupils? How well does the school work in partnership with parents? 11831 Mr. J. Brooke Team inspector Science Information and Communication Technology Design technology Educational Inclusion 27385 Mr. K. Heakin Team inspector Mathematics How good are the curricular and other Art opportunities offered Music to pupils? Anston Greenlands Junior and Infant School - 5 21411 Mr. A. Portlock Team inspector English Physical Education Religious Education Special Educational Needs The inspection contractor was: Sandfield Educational Consultants 16 Wychwood Drive Trowell Park Nottingham NG9 3RB Any concerns or complaints about the inspection or the report should be raised with the inspection contractor. Complaints that are not satisfactorily resolved by the contractor should be raised with OFSTED by writing to: The Complaints Manager Inspection Quality Division The Office for Standards in Education Alexandra House 33 Kingsway London WC2B 6SE Anston Greenlands Junior and Infant School - 6 REPORT CONTENTS Page PART A: SUMMARY OF THE REPORT 7 Information about the school How good the school is What the school does well What could be improved How the school has improved since its last inspection Standards Pupils’ attitudes and values Teaching and learning Other aspects of the school How well the school is led and managed Parents’ and carers’ views of the school PART B: COMMENTARY HOW HIGH ARE STANDARDS? 12 The school’s results and pupils’ achievements Pupils’ attitudes, values and personal development HOW WELL ARE PUPILS TAUGHT? 14 HOW GOOD ARE THE CURRICULAR AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED TO PUPILS? 16 HOW WELL DOES THE SCHOOL CARE FOR ITS PUPILS? 17 HOW WELL DOES THE SCHOOL WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS 18 HOW WELL IS THE SCHOOL LED AND MANAGED? 19 WHAT SHOULD THE SCHOOL DO TO IMPROVE FURTHER? 21 PART C: SCHOOL DATA AND INDICATORS 22 PART D: THE STANDARDS AND QUALITY OF TEACHING IN AREAS OF THE CURRICULUM, SUBJECTS AND COURSES 26 Anston Greenlands Junior and Infant School - 7 PART A: SUMMARY OF THE REPORT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL Anston Greenlands is a community primary school situated at the southern edge of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. There are 248 pupils on roll, which is average in size. In all, there are nine classes in the school, each containing more than one year group. The pupils are admitted into the ‘Early Birds’ unit, which contains two classes of Reception and Year 1 pupils. The attainment of pupils when they start school is broadly average. Most of the pupils are drawn from North Anston, with a small number come from the town of Dinnington and local villages. Almost all of the pupils are of white ethnic background; one child has English as an additional language, but is not at the early stages of learning the language. Around four per cent of the pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is below average. Forty-six pupils are on the school’s register of special educational needs. This is below average. Five pupils have a Statement of Special Educational Need, which is broadly in line with the national average. At the time of the inspection, the headteacher had been in post for just over a term. HOW GOOD THE SCHOOL IS Anston Greenlands is an effective school with many good features. The school has successfully addressed the areas of underachievement identified in its last inspection. The school is well led and managed and there is a clear view of what needs to be done to improve further. The pupils enjoy school, behave well and achieve sound standards. The teaching across the school is good and is helping standards to rise steadily. The school gives satisfactory value for money. What the school does well · The provision for children in the Foundation Stage is good and this enables them to make good progress. · The new headteacher provides good leadership. She has a clear idea of the school’s strengths and weaknesses and is strongly supported by the staff and governors in improving the school. · The teaching is good, particularly in the Foundation Stage and upper Key Stage 2. · The pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is promoted well. The pupils have positive attitudes to learning, their behaviour is good and they get on well together and with their teachers. · The pupils are well cared for by the school. There are clear and rigorous systems for assessing pupils’ attainment and tracking their progress. · The identification of, and support given to, pupils with special educational needs is good. What could be improved · The standards attained by pupils in aspects of English and mathematics across the school, and in science in Key Stage 1, could be higher. · Standards in religious education are below what is expected of pupils of this age. · The way that work is marked, particularly in Key Stage 1, does not help the pupils to improve. · The long-term planning for pupils in Year 4 does not take account sufficiently of the mixed age classes. · Subject co-ordinators, particularly in the foundation subjects, have too little opportunity to oversee standards in their subjects. The areas for improvement will form the basis of the governors’ action plan. HOW THE SCHOOL HAS IMPROVED SINCE ITS LAST INSPECTION The school has made good progress in addressing the areas of weakness identified when it was last inspected in 2000. The headteacher has built upon the work of her predecessor and standards have risen steadily. The quality of teaching has improved since the last inspection and this has had a significant impact on reducing the areas of underachievement previously identified and securing good behaviour. Standards of reading and writing are satisfactory, although work still needs to be done on providing more opportunities for the pupils to write, at Anston Greenlands Junior and Infant School - 8 length, in other subjects. The marking of pupils’ work has improved overall, but there remain deficiencies in Key Stage 1. Standards in information and communication technology are now in line with what is expected, due to the improved curriculum, resources and teaching in the subject. The provision for pupils with special educational needs has improved significantly and is now a strength of the school. The governing body now fulfils its statutory obligations. STANDARDS The table shows the standards achieved by pupils at the end of Year 6 based on average point scores in National Curriculum tests. compared with similar Performance in: all schools Key schools 1999 2000 2001 2001 well above average A English C B B D above average B average C mathematics A B B D below average D well below average E science A A C E The table of results relates to the pupils who took the tests in 2001. Standards in English and mathematics were above the national average and they were average in science. These results could be better, however, as, when compared with similar schools, the results for English and mathematics were below average and, in science, they were well below average. At age seven, the results of the 2001 national tests were well above average in reading, writing and mathematics. The school set challenging targets for the number of pupils expected to attain at Level 4 or above and has set in place appropriate assessment and tracking systems to ensure that the targets are met. Compared with their prior attainment in Year 2, the pupils achieve well at age 11. The results for 2002 were generally lower, although it is not possible to compare these results with schools nationally. The attainment of boys and girls has been broadly similar, although in the 2002 tests, girls did better than boys at age seven, while boys did better at age 11. The results over recent years show that the rate of improvement has been above that shown by schools nationally. The evidence of the pupils’ work seen during the inspection indicates that, overall, standards are average in English, mathematics and science at the end of Key Stages 1 and 2.