Alt Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
Not Available
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Community School
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
Not Rated

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How Does The School Perform?

Inadequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(19/11/2013)
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Alt Lane
Oldham
OL8 2EL
0161 7703154

School Description

This is a larger than average sized primary school. The proportion of pupils known to be supported by the pupil premium is well above the national average. The pupil premium is additional funding based on the number of children who are looked after by the local authority, children from service families and those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals. The proportions of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds and those who speak English as an additional language are well above the national average. The proportion of pupils supported through school action is well above the national average. The proportion of pupils supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is well above average. The school does not meet the government’s current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils’ attainment and progress. The governing body has very recently been replaced with an Interim Executive Board which has been appointed to provide further challenge for leaders in order to raise pupils’ standards. There is a significant proportion of temporary staff in school and there has been consistent staff absence over a number of years. There are three unfilled vacancies on the senior leadership team. There are before-and after-school childcare clubs which are not managed by the Interim Executive Board and were not part of this inspection. The inspection reports for these settings are available at www.ofsted.gov.uk What does the school need to do to improve further? Improve the quality of teaching throughout the school to be at least consistently good and so raise pupils’ attainment and accelerate the rates of pupils’ progress by: raising expectations of leaders and staff of what all groups of pupils can achieve, particularly the most able using accurate assessment information to plan future work and to make up any lost ground in pupils’ knowledge, skills and understanding regularly assessing pupils’ work and providing effective guidance for its improvement which is then acted upon by pupils regularly monitoring the quality of teaching, including pupils’ work and pupils’ progress in each class ensuring that lessons across all subjects build on and reinforce pupils’ basic skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar, sentence and paragraph construction and basic number skills supporting pupils’ engagement in their learning in lessons by planning work that captures pupils’ curiosity and stimulates an eagerness to learn providing tailored support and training for teachers where weaknesses in their skills or subject knowledge have been identified.

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