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Leighterton Primary School Profile

Published 22 July 2010

Leighterton Primary School

Leighterton Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8UH Telephone: 01666 890273 http://www.leighterton.gloucs.uk/www.leighterton¬school.co.uk

Children’s Service Authority: Gloucestershire

Age Range: 4 – 11

Number of Pupils: 109

Head Teacher: Mrs Jenny Kiss

Chair of Governors: Mrs Debbie Kerr

What have been our successes this year?

- Successful Ofsted may 2009 overall grading Good with Outstanding features.

- Feasibility study completed into sustainable energy

- School site extended with acquisition of land from neighbouring farm to be used for extra play space.

- Extended Schools parent and Family support advisor continues in role

- Took part in CLLD Project and Level 3 Writing Project

- Submission made for Healthy Schools Plus

- Status Children maintain excellent standards of attainment in KS1 and KS2 in SATS Tests.

- Year 6 Cycling Training Scheme

- Reached regional semi-final of county wildlife quiz

- Take part in KNEX challenge

- Very successful sports year with Cross Country, District and Area Sports different sports festivals with Sports Partnership

- After School Club very successful

- E- Safety theme week and open morning.

- Continuation of Friday enrichment afternoons.

- Keeping up with the children- Numeracy classes for parents

- Huge range of extracurricular activities offered and taken up by pupils.

- Busy programme of visits and productions throughout the year including production of Cinderella/Oliver Preston Cartoonist/ Tracey Corderoy author.

- Active Mark achieved

- Purchase of 2nd trolley of 16 laptops for pupils

What are we trying to improve?

- Writing attainment across the school to be in line with Reading and Maths attainment with Level 3 writing project and CLLD project

- Develop good practice further for Gifted and Talented pupils including G&T workshops for pupils across the cluster.

- Revamp school reading scheme and guided reading books.

- Prioritise sustainable energy project

- Consolidate Assessment and Target Setting Systems in School and continue with Assessment for Learning and Classroom Monitor

- Refurbish school with new windows/ doors/ carpets/ flat roofs/ as new build has been put on hold.

- New submission for Healthy Schools Plus status

- Develop Modern Foreign Languages further

- Re- validate Artsmark status.

- Re-validate Active Mark. Further develop collaborative working with our cluster.

- Development of school site to include extending school playing field

- Develop Safeguarding of Children Further Develop PE through Sports Partnership

- Update ICT provision in school laptops to replace desktops throughout the school.

- Develop role of Subject Leader

- Move towards Cluster Creative Curriculum

- Consolidation Peer Mediation Scheme and develop the role of the School Council.

- Start to use APP/ Assessing Pupil Progress

How much progress do pupils make between age 7 and 11?

The chart shows our school's contextual value added (CVA) score relative to that of other primary schools. CVA is a statistical means of assessing how effective a school is, by measuring pupils' progress using their test and examination results. The confidence interval shows the range within which we can be confident the score (calculated on the results of only one year group) represents the overall effectiveness of a school. The percentile rank shows the percentage of schools with a score equal to or higher than ours.

How well do pupils achieve at age 11? (See .pdf document for detail)

This chart shows the Key Stage 2 results for 2008. It indicates the percentage of pupils eligible for KS2 tests (usually 11 year olds) who achieved or exceeded the expected level (level 4) (See .pdf document for detail)

The results shown here are for the year before last.

Our school performs above other schools locally and nationally in all three areas.

How have our results changed over time?

- Have consistently reached our LEA targets for KS1&2 SATS for last 6 years..We set challenging targets for our pupils.

- Value Added for SEN pupils is good.

- Our Contextual Value Added Score for progress between KS1 & 2 SATS has come in the top 5 % of schools nationally in 2 out of the last 3 years & always within top 20% of schools nationally. The vast majority of children make good progress over the time that they are at Leighterton.

- In analysis of data over the past 5 years there are no gender issues in our SATS results. Boys and girls perform overall equally.

- We have had consistent results with only a slight variation over time.

- We never fall below 60% pupils in KS2 gaining level 4 in English Maths and Science. The figures across the last five years have always been above 90% .

- Attainment from 2006-2009 in English has risen to be significantly high in 2009.

- Attainment in Maths from 2006-2009 is high.

How are we making sure that every child gets teaching to meet their individual needs?

Assessment:

- Short term include marking and oral feedback to pupils on their work on a daily basis.

- Medium Term Assessments include unit tests and tasks that assess where children are each half term in the core subjects.

- Long Term Assessments include SATS/Optional SATS/NFER Spelling and Reading/ Foundation Stage Profile etc. This data is put onto our Classroom Monitor system to monitor individual pupil's progress across the school.

Target Setting:

- Group and Individual Pupil targets in place for all pupils across the school to run alongside Class curricular targets.

Differentiation:

- Pupils helped to access the whole curriculum including those pupils who have Special Educational Needs or disabilities. This may be through using external agency support or extra resources human or otherwise.

- Class Teachers differentiate activities in the Classroom to best meet the needs of our pupils through a variety of strategies that include, Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic Learning (VAK) , grouping of children according to ability, deployment of Teaching Assistants, differentiation by expectation and outcome, activities chosen to match the ability/support given by use of writing frames/scaffolding and apparatus.

How are we working with parents and the community?

Parents:

- PTFA hold a variety of Social events through the year. They also support many school events & other educational activities.

Communication;

- A weekly school newsletter.

- Each pupil has a Home /School agreement.

- Termly Class letters outline the Class' activities for the term.

- Formal Parent Consultation evenings held twice a year.

- Questionnaires sent out biennially to gauge parental feeling about the school.

- Parents come into school as volunteer helpers.

Community:

- We have close relationships with our feeder playgroups who are invited to our open days, to some school events etc. Our Reception teacher visits all playgroups in the summer term as part of the induction process & our new Reception intake come in for two induction sessions prior to starting.

- Work closely with Sir William Romney School Tetbury on joint arts and sports projects as well as through our Extended services Cluster.

- Close links with local church- visits made twice a year and the Rector is a Governor and frequent visitor to school.

- Hall used for community use by outside clubs.

- Links with Westonbirt Arboretum engaging on educational projects.

- Huge commitment to our local Cluster of schools with many joint sports, arts, writing projects undertaken.

What have pupils told us about the school, and what have we done as a result?

- School Council tells us various things. This year they wanted new Football Goals which have been purchased. Also wanted air freshener in the toilets and trolleys to put lunchboxes on. Also wanted to alleviate overcrowding in the junior cloakroom. Measures taken on all these things.

- All pupils put in views via the school council on what they would like to use the new field for.

- Children worried about children who don't have someone to play with and when arguments break out in the playground- Starting up Buddy systems and Peer Mediation Scheme. Sports leaders play structured games with pupils at lunchtimes.

- Wanted a bigger playing area- School approached county to use some County Farm land to extend our school site for more playing field - now our property. Maintenance of the school pond was raised as an issue- Working party put together to dredge and clear pond area.

How do we make sure our pupils are healthy, safe and well-supported?

- Outstanding endorsement in Ofsted Report May 2009 for Personal Development and Well being of our pupils.

- Healthy School status valid from 2004- 2009 Healthy Plus applied for 2010.

- The Safeguarding of children a priority.

- Sun- Protection Policy/ rehydration/ free water bottles from school/ sun hats/sun cream/ gazebos for extra shade.

- Pastoral Care policies for anti-bullying, behaviour, child protection regularly reviewed.

- Risk assessments for Classroom Activities and Educational visits. Fire and Crisis Management policies.

- Lots of exercise through PE curriculum and extra-curricular activity. High percentage of take up of sporting clubs including netball/football/cross country/ athletics/tennis/cricket/country dancing etc.

- Healthy Eating Snack policy/children only allowed fresh fruit and veg for morning snack.

- Free fruit scheme.

- All children have milk option.

- Access security system.

- Work closely with School meals provider

- Close collaboration on PE national strategy and School Sports Partnerships.

- Support given through external agencies and re-integration service where needed.

- Peer Mediation Scheme for some older pupils to help with conflict resolution.

- Provision of after School care.

How do our absence rates compare with other schools?

This chart shows the percentage of half days missed through authorised and unauthorised absence by all pupils at the school. Information is given for the school, for schools within the local authority and for all schools. (See .pdf document for detail)

- Our school has less pupil absence than schools locally and nationally.

- We regularly meet our attendance targets that are high and over 90%.

- Attendance is not an issue at Leighterton.

What activities and options are available to pupils?

Clubs include:

- Chess, Cross Country, Rounders, French, Football, Athletics, Country Dancing, Nature, Badminton, Cricket, Golf, Sports Leaders Tennis ,Table Tennis, Computers, Gardening, French, Singing, Hockey, Mad Science, Art, Street Dance, Cookery etc. Most clubs available from years 3-6 with French and Gardening open to all pupils.

- Swimming for all pupils.

- Music tuition in Percussion, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Brass, Percussion & Guitar

Visitors:

- Gloucestershire Fire &Rescue Service.

- Musicians from Glos Music Service.

- SATRO Knex Challenge.

- Sports coaches.

- Cycle Trainers.

- Cartoonist Oliver Preston visit

- Author Tracey Corderoy visit

Trips and Visits:

- Hayden Water Treatment Plant

- Westonbirt School for Snowdrop Day

- Forest of Dean Shelter Building

- Hindu Temple -Cheltenham

- Caerleon Roman Museum

- Corinium Museum Cirencester.

- Pond Dipping in Robinswood Hill

- Christmas Theatre trip to Bristol Old Vic and Roses Theatre Tewkesbury

- KS1 visit Blue Reef @ Bristol

- Sports trips for Dance Festival/Kwik Cricket/ Sports Hall Athletics/ Tag Rugby/ Netball etc

- Y6 go on 3 day residential to South Cerney to do Water Sports

- Sports festivals at Sir William Romney School

- Yr 5 Taster Day at SWR School Tetbury

- Area and District Sports in Tetbury and Cirencester

What do our pupils do after leaving this school?

- Our pupils go on to a number of different Secondary Schools after Leighterton. Our closest secondary school is Sir William Romney Comprehensive School in Tetbury but children do not exclusively go on to this school.

- Some children each year sit the tests for selective Grammar Schools & during the year 2009 9 of our pupils went on to Marling Boys Grammar School in Stroud, Stroud Girls High School and Pates Grammar School in Cheltenham.

- Other pupils go to the independent sector to Bath Girls High School and Wetsonbirt Girls School.

- Some pupils go on to KLB in Wotton-Under-Edge& some go on to Malmesbury School.

- We always give the children the opportunity to visit as many schools as they wish when they are in year 5 & also attend all induction days in their final term with us.

- Head of Year 7 staff come& visit our pupils from each relevant secondary.

- Pupils have plenty of contact in years 5 & 6 with Sir William Romney School which gives them a feel for Secondary School life.

- All relevant assessment and pastoral care information for each pupil sent to their next school.

- Annual reviews for Transition Statemented pupils include SENCO from the Secondary.

- Homework and style of work in Year 6 prepares pupils for their next phase.

Ofsted's view of our school

This is a good school that has some outstanding features, and it provides good value for money. This is also the schools own view. Good, challenging teaching, which is sometimes of outstanding quality, promotes good progress that paves the way for pupils to leave the school with exceptionally high academic standards. The standard of pupils’ personal development is equally high. Right from the Reception class, where the quality of provision and standards are good, pupils develop very responsible attitudes, high levels of independence and much self-confidence. Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary and they greatly enjoy school. The combination of excellent academic attainment and outstanding personal qualities is preparing pupils extremely well for their future education and for later success in life and work. The lively curriculum and wealth of additional activities provided, together with the thorough care, guidance and support given to pupils, play an important part in pupils’ development. The schools many praiseworthy features reflect the significant strength of the leadership, which has successfully committed itself to the maintenance of high standards over a substantial number of years. The school keeps a good general check on its own performance and plans for improvement with ambition. However, a newly improved system for keeping track of pupils progress is not applied with sufficient rigour and there is some inconsistency in the progress pupils make from year to year in their writing. There are also variations in the quality of the procedures for setting targets for pupils to show them how to improve their work. Overall, the school has achieved a good level of improvement in what was already a very good school when previously inspected. The capacity for still further improvement is good.

Date of last inspection: 11-Jul-2006

- Ofsted graded our school as good

- Inspectors made judgements on a scale: outstanding (grade 1); good (2); satisfactory (3); inadequate (4).

View the Ofsted page for Leighterton Primary School

What have we done in response to Ofsted?

- We have continued to build on the Good Practice already identified in our most recent Ofsted Report May 2009 and have kept going all the things about our school that were praised in the report.

- We have been focusing on developing our Classroom Monitor electronic assessment system to track pupil progress throughout the school.

- We have targeted pupils who are showing less than expected progress.

- We have put measures in place to develop the role of the subject leader, including work scrutiny, observations and are about to introduce pupil conferencing.

- We are looking to develop Assessing Pupil Progress (APP) throughout the school.

- We have continued to develop our target setting systems to involve the pupils more within the process.

More Information:

If you would like more information about school policies, including our policies on special educational needs and disability, admissions, finance, school food and our complaints procedure, please contact us:

01666 890273

http://www.leighterton.gloucs.uk/www.leighterton-school.co.uk