Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
171
AGES
4 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Voluntary controlled school
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The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils National School Census Data, ONS
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This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the last School Census collected by the Department for Education. It is a visualisation of where pupils lived at the time of the annual School Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The criteria in which schools use to allocate places in the event that they are oversubscribed can and do vary between schools and over time. These criteria can include distance from the school and sometimes specific catchment areas but can also include, amongst others, priority for siblings, children of a particular faith or specific feeder schools. Living in an area where children have previously attended a school does not guarantee admission to the school in future years. Always check with the school’s own admission authority for the current admission arrangements.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(28/09/2022)
Full Report - All Reports
74%
NATIONAL AVG. 60%
% pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics



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Progress Compared With All Other Schools

UNLOCK Well Below Average (About 9% of schools in England) Below Average (About 9% of schools in England) Average (About 67% of schools in England) Above Average (About 6% of schools in England) Well Above Average (About 9% of schools in England) UNLOCK Well Below Average (About 10% of schools in England) Below Average (About 9% of schools in England) Average (About 67% of schools in England) Above Average (About 6% of schools in England) Well Above Average (About 8% of schools in England) UNLOCK Well Below Average (About 10% of schools in England) Below Average (About 11% of schools in England) Average (About 59% of schools in England) Above Average (About 11% of schools in England) Well Above Average (About 9% of schools in England)
Carlton Road
Kelsale
Saxmundham
IP17 2NP
01728602297

School Description

The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You have established a strong sense of teamwork among staff so that all are working towards the same, common goals. In addition, you provide good support to your new leadership team so that leaders work effectively to help you make the school even better. Pupils’ personal development and behaviour were major strengths at the time of the previous inspection. They continue to be strong. Behaviour in lessons and around the school is impeccable. Pupils enjoy learning and are highly focused in lessons. Those I spoke to were very enthusiastic about their school and told me how much they enjoyed their work, particularly reading and mathematics. The significant minority of pupils who join the school midway through their primary education settle in rapidly. This is because you and your staff have created a warm, friendly and welcoming atmosphere within which pupils feel they belong. Pupils thrive as learners, developing into individuals who are confident and self-assured, and who understand their own strengths and weaknesses. Pupils get on well with one another regardless of background. This is particularly evident when they work together in lessons to exchange and clarify ideas about their work. Your high expectations of staff and pupils encourage all to give of their best. Pupils from all backgrounds continue to make good progress because they are taught well and are given extra support when they need it. You rightly identified the need to overhaul the way reading was taught across the whole school following a disappointing set of results in the phonics screening check and reading tests in 2016. The swift actions you and senior leaders took have resulted in improvements in teaching. Consequently, pupils are making good progress and achieving well across the school in both phonics and reading. In addressing the root causes of the disappointing results of last year, you have made good use of support from the local authority. This has helped you to embed a more rigorous approach to teaching reading. Children in the early years get a good start to their education. During the Reception Year, children are provided with a good range of well-structured activities to help them prepare well for learning in Year 1. Adults question and support children effectively so that they develop their skills well, including in early reading, writing and mathematics. However, we agreed that adults are not building enough writing activities into other areas of the curriculum to help enrich and extend children’s writing even further. Parents, including those who have children in the early years, are full of praise for the school, the staff and for the education it provides for their children. Staff and pupils are, rightly, proud of their school and hold you in high esteem. You have ensured that the school has developed further since its previous inspection. Working with your staff, you have addressed the issues identified in the previous report so that teachers now make consistently good use of teaching assistants and provide pupils with clear explanations of what they expect them to do. Pupils said how approachable they find their teachers and that staff help them to understand their work, especially when it is difficult. Visits to lessons and work in pupils’ books show that teachers give pupils enough time to complete their work, which was an issue at the time of the previous inspection. Safeguarding is effective Systems in place meet the statutory requirements for effective safeguarding procedures and practices. Pupils’ well-being and safety are of paramount importance. Staff are vigilant and well trained. Hence, they know what to do and who to go to should they have any concerns about a pupil’s welfare or safety. The leadership team has ensured that all safeguarding procedures are fit for purpose and records are detailed and of high quality. Pupils say that they are safe at school, and parents responding to the Ofsted questionnaire, Parent View, all agree that their children are safe and well looked after. Staff know pupils at an individual level extremely well, especially key staff such as the special educational needs coordinator, and pick up very quickly if something is not right. You and your staff work closely to support parents and families as well as individual pupils who are in need of help. Inspection findings I followed a number of lines of enquiry, one of which was focused on reading.

Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Parent Reviews



unlock % Parents Recommend This School
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>78, "agree"=>22, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>81, "agree"=>19, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>59, "agree"=>37, "disagree"=>3, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
My Child Has Not Been Bullied Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"my_child_has_not_been_bullied"=>73, "strongly_agree"=>7, "agree"=>10, "disagree"=>2, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>7} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>44, "agree"=>46, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>3} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
I Have Not Raised Any Concerns Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"i_have_not_raised_any_concerns"=>32, "strongly_agree"=>47, "agree"=>14, "disagree"=>7, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>44, "agree"=>44, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>11} UNLOCK Figures based on 10 responses up to 25-01-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>46, "agree"=>34, "disagree"=>2, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>17} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>73, "agree"=>25, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>2} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>58, "agree"=>39, "disagree"=>2, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>61, "agree"=>32, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>7} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>66, "agree"=>27, "disagree"=>3, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>3} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>54, "agree"=>36, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>10} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023
Yes No {"yes"=>100, "no"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 59 responses up to 25-01-2023

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