Well Lane Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
226
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Community school
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This pupil heat map shows where pupils currently attending the school live.
The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils National School Census Data, ONS
0151 606 2000

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?

Inadequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(06/06/2023)
Full Report - All Reports
48%
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)
Park Road
Tranmere
Birkenhead
CH42 5PF
01516459844

School Description

The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. In every possible way, you, the governors and your staff have significantly improved this school and the experiences of the pupils. Since the last inspection, there has been a considerable changeover of staff, which you and your governors have managed well. You have built a strong team of dedicated teachers who are committed to improving the life chances of your pupils. You and your team have created a caring, welcoming and vibrant school. Displays in corridors and classrooms are colourful and celebrate the wide range of pupils’ learning experiences. Staff encourage parents and carers to contribute to the displays and celebrate their child’s achievements using the ‘Wow Wall’ on entry to foundation classes. Pupils really enjoy coming to school and are enthusiastic about their learning. They are smart, polite and well mannered. They are proud of their school and say that they are happy and cared for. The overwhelming majority of parents and carers are very supportive of the school and cannot praise it highly enough for the care and high-quality teaching you provide. Parents say how the school has grown ‘from strength to strength’ under your leadership and that they are grateful for the opportunities and enriching activities you and your staff provide. Staff are proud to work at the school and feel valued and supported by leaders. They say that the school is a safe environment for pupils and one in which all pupils are challenged to achieve their best. The high expectations of governors, leaders and staff are evident throughout the school. Governors and leaders have taken effective action to address the areas for improvement identified at the last inspection. In securing improvements to the early years foundation stage, you have renovated and improved the environment to create a welcoming area in which pupils thrive. You have also improved the outside areas, which ensures that learning is seamless. Children can now move between a wide range of fascinating and challenging activities, both indoor and outdoor. You use the successful reading strategies you have introduced for older pupils in the early years and children are quickly developing their reading and writing skills as a result. Governors are highly involved and very knowledgeable about the early years and speak with confidence about how the school prepares children extremely well for key stage 1. In response to the need to improve the attainment of pupils in mathematics, you have appointed a new member of staff to lead this subject area. You have developed new and effective systems which have seen progress at key stage 2 rise consistently well above the national average. Attainment in mathematics at key stage 1 is improving year on year. Teachers make sure that pupils improve their mathematics skills. No time is wasted in this respect; for example, younger pupils were observed singing mathematics songs and counting in twos and tens while waiting for their mid-morning snack to be given out. Pupils now speak positively about how much they enjoy their mathematics lessons. Governors are passionate champions of the school. They provide a good balance of both support and challenge for you and leaders. Their view of the school’s effectiveness, like yours, is accurate and incisive. Governors are not only involved strategically but also in the daily life of the school. They rarely miss a meeting or an opportunity to be in the school with the pupils. They hold you firmly to account and rightly champion further development of the classrooms in the school as it has had such a positive effect on the learning environment and the outcomes of your youngest pupils. You acknowledge that strategies for analysing and tracking pupils’ progress across the wider curriculum are in need of further development. You, leaders and governors will then know how well individual pupils and groups of pupils are progressing in all subjects as clearly as you do in the core subjects and science. Your continued focus on the development of subject leaders throughout the school will ensure that governors will be able to hold middle leaders rigorously to account for the progress of pupils across all year groups and across the wider curriculum. You recognise that some pupils, including those who are disadvantaged and those who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities, do not attend school regularly enough. We discussed the need to continue the drive by governors, leaders and staff to improve attendance. Safeguarding is effective. Safeguarding is a real strength of the school. There is a culture of vigilance, care and support which runs throughout the school. Leaders train staff well in recent safeguarding issues and staff know what to do if they have concerns about a pupil. Leaders work tirelessly to ensure that pupils are safe. You and your staff know every child and every family. You are determined to make sure that pupils and their families access the help and support they need in a timely manner. All safeguarding arrangements are rigorous. Procedures for recruiting staff meet statutory requirements. Pupils know how to keep themselves safe, both personally and online. They are taught how to stay safe by means of lessons, circle time and through a wide range of visits from agencies such as the police and fire brigade. Pupils say that bullying is extremely rare and that staff deal with it effectively if it does happen. Pupils are confident that there are plenty of staff in the school whom they could talk to if they had concerns or worries and speak highly of the nurture and support they receive from staff in the Rainbow Room. Inspection findings Leaders and the early years team have been successful in improving outcomes so that, year on year, more children achieve a good level of development. The proportion of children achieving a good level of development represents good progress for most children from their often very low starting points, particularly in language and communication. Achievement in the Year 1 phonics screening check is above the national average in 2017. This represents an improving picture for pupils and results from the high expectations of staff and the effective interventions staff put into place as soon as any gaps in learning are identified. In Year 2, the proportion of pupils achieving the expected standards in reading, writing and mathematics has improved this year. This upward trend indicates that pupils make good or better progress from their starting points. Staff plan carefully using a variety of approaches and resources to meet the individual needs of pupils and ensure deep learning. As a result of activities being well suited to their needs and interests, pupils respond very positively and enjoy their daily challenges. These challenges further enrich the high-quality learning evident in key stage 1 classes. By the end of key stage 2, pupils typically achieve well above expectations from their starting points in reading, writing and mathematics. The results for 2017 show that attainment and progress in all core subjects have reached new heights. Pupils leave this school very well prepared for high school. Pupils make good progress across the wider curriculum in foundation subjects. Leaders ensure that recent baseline measures in foundation subjects provide them with valuable information to begin to measure clearly the progress that pupils make in a wide range of subjects. Middle leaders demonstrate strong leadership skills and benefit from targeted professional development which ensures that they grow in confidence both as teachers and as subject leaders. Opportunities to moderate and ensure the accurate and consistent assessment of pupils’ progress have been identified by leaders as their next steps. They see this as pivotal in achieving rapid and sustained progress of pupils across the wider curriculum. In response to a dip in science results in 2016, leaders were immediately proactive and effective in their strategies to address this issue. Pupils visited the Science Museum in Halifax, won a local eco award and achieved a national science excellence certificate.

Well Lane Primary School Parent Reviews



unlock % Parents Recommend This School
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>41, "agree"=>23, "disagree"=>23, "strongly_disagree"=>14, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>45, "agree"=>18, "disagree"=>18, "strongly_disagree"=>18, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>32, "agree"=>23, "disagree"=>18, "strongly_disagree"=>23, "dont_know"=>5} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
My Child Has Not Been Bullied Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"my_child_has_not_been_bullied"=>45, "strongly_agree"=>9, "agree"=>5, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>32, "dont_know"=>5} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>32, "agree"=>27, "disagree"=>36, "strongly_disagree"=>5, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
I Have Not Raised Any Concerns Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"i_have_not_raised_any_concerns"=>14, "strongly_agree"=>36, "agree"=>14, "disagree"=>18, "strongly_disagree"=>18, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>29, "agree"=>43, "disagree"=>29, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 10 responses up to 30-06-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>32, "agree"=>23, "disagree"=>18, "strongly_disagree"=>5, "dont_know"=>23} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>36, "agree"=>41, "disagree"=>9, "strongly_disagree"=>14, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>41, "agree"=>27, "disagree"=>18, "strongly_disagree"=>9, "dont_know"=>5} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>45, "agree"=>41, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>9} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>41, "agree"=>45, "disagree"=>9, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>5} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>27, "agree"=>32, "disagree"=>27, "strongly_disagree"=>9, "dont_know"=>5} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023
Yes No {"yes"=>64, "no"=>36} UNLOCK Figures based on 22 responses up to 30-06-2023

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