The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website. The current headteacher started her tenure in July 2015. This school is larger than the average-sized primary school. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is lower than average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is lower than average. The majority of pupils are of White British heritage. A small proportion of pupils speak English as an additional language. The school meets the government’s current floor standards, which set out the minimum expectations for pupils’ attainment and progress at the end of Year 6. Inspection report: Hawthorn Community Primary School, 15–16 March 2017 Page 9 of 11 Information about this inspection Inspectors observed learning in 22 lessons. Some observations were undertaken jointly with the headteacher. Inspectors also observed two assemblies and pupils’ behaviour in the dining hall and around school at lunchtime. An inspector also visited the breakfast and after-school clubs. Discussions were held with the headteacher, deputy headteacher, English leader, family support worker, leader with responsibility for pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities and two newly qualified teachers. Inspectors also held a meeting with three governors, including the chair of the governing body. An inspector spoke with a representative of the local authority on the telephone. Inspectors spoke with pupils informally during their breaktimes and in class. They also held a more formal discussion with two groups of pupils and heard two pupils read. Inspectors examined a range of documentation provided by the school, including minutes of meetings of the governing body, the school’s self-evaluation document, the school’s improvement plan and documentation relating to the safeguarding of pupils. Inspectors examined a sample of pupils’ books from across the school jointly with the headteacher and deputy headteacher. An inspector spoke with parents as they brought their children to school in the morning and considered the 64 responses to the Ofsted online survey, Parent View. There were no responses to online surveys for staff or pupils. Inspection team Di Mullan, lead inspector Her Majesty’s Inspector Janis Warren Ofsted Inspector Pete Strauss Ofsted Inspector Caroline Evans Ofsted Inspector Inspection report: Hawthorn Community Primary School, 15–16 March 2017 Page 10 of 11 Any complaints about the inspection or the report should be made following the procedures set out in the guidance ‘Raising concerns and making a complaint about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/publications/complaints-about-ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email [email protected].