"The
school is successful at promoting children's personal development and
wellbeing."
OFSTED Report.
OFSTED Report
Summary 2006
Description
of the school
Burton Leonard Primary is a Church of England, Voluntary
Controlled School, which serves a rural area of economic and social
advantage. With 55 pupils, it is much smaller than the average sized
primary school. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals
is very low. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is
very small and there are no pupils in the early stages of learning
English. The proportion of pupils with learning difficulties and/or
disabilities is well below average. Pupils enter school with knowledge
and skills that are broadly average for their age.
The school judges its overall effectiveness to be good, and
inspectors agree. Starting with attainment that is broadly average,
pupils make good progress throughout school to achieve standards that
are above average by the end of Year 6.
The school is successful at promoting pupils' personal
development and well-being, which are good. Pupils are helped to
develop into mature and confident individuals. Quality and standards in
the Foundation Stage are good. Teaching is well planned and organised,
and makes effective use of a wide range of teaching strategies.
However, teachers do not give pupils enough responsibility for their
own learning. The curriculum offers pupils a good range of learning
opportunities, but does not make sufficient use of links between
subjects to enhance learning.
This is a caring school which helps pupils towards achieving
their potential. School leadership and management have responded well
to the issues raised in the last inspection and ensured that standards
have improved. This improvement has been based on rigorous
self-evaluation, followed by an effective programme of staff and
curriculum development. However, procedures for planning improvement
lack focus, and do not include sufficiently effective criteria for
determining whether objectives have been achieved. Improvement since
the last inspection and its capacity to improve further are good.
