 St Alban’s Church of England Primary School is a smaller than average-sized primary school. Its roll has risen sharply this academic year. The number of pupils it has admitted at other than normal points of transfer is equivalent to about a third of its current roll.  St Alban’s Church of England Primary School is federated with St Thomas’s Church of England Primary School. The two schools share an executive headteacher and a governing body.  Children attend full time in the Reception class, but for the morning only in the Nursery class. Many pupils join the Reception class from other nursery settings.  The large majority of pupils are White British. Other pupils come from a number of different ethnic groups.  The proportion of pupils who are disadvantaged is well above average.  The proportion pupils who are identified as having special educational needs and/or Inspection report: St Alban's Church of England Primary School, 21–22 June 2017 Page 12 of 15 disabilities is slightly above average.  During this academic year, the large majority of teachers, including the head of school, have left. Some of the teachers who replaced them have recently accepted permanent positions in the school. An interim head of school took up her post in January 2017, and will leave at the end of the summer term. A new head of school will start in September, initially on a temporary basis.  Some of the recent support for the school has been provided by a national leader in education and specialist leaders in education.  In 2016, the school met the government’s current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for attainment and progress by the end of Year 6.  The school meets requirements for the publication of specified information on its website. Inspection report: St Alban's Church of England Primary School, 21–22 June 2017 Page 13 of 15 Information about this inspection  Inspectors observed learning in 12 lessons and during one extended learning walk. Four observations and the learning walk were conducted jointly with school leaders. The inspectors also observed pupils’ conduct at break and lunchtime.  The inspectors held discussions with school leaders, class teachers, members of the governing body, a representative of the local authority and the executive headteacher of a local teaching school.  Two groups of pupils met with the inspectors. Inspectors also spoke with many other pupils informally. The inspectors listened to pupils in several year groups read.  The inspectors scrutinised in depth all the work produced by a number of pupils in Year 2 and Year 5. They also looked at a wider number of workbooks in lessons. The inspectors considered information about some pupils’ current performance.  The inspectors looked at a wide range of documents, both electronically and on paper. These included development plans and evaluations of the school’s progress; minutes of meetings of the governing body, and the school improvement board established by the local authority; reports on visits made by local authority officers; policies; and records showing how the school supports vulnerable pupils.  Inspectors also took account of the 16 responses to Ofsted’s online questionnaire, Parent View and the comments made using the free-text facility. Inspectors spoke to a substantial number of parents delivering their children to school on the second day of the inspection. There were no responses to the questionnaire for staff, or the questionnaire for pupils. Inspection team Martin Spoor, lead inspector Ofsted Inspector Sally Noble Ofsted Inspector Inspection report: St Alban's Church of England Primary School, 21–22 June 2017 Page 14 of 15 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].