Fishtoft Academy
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
56
AGES
4 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Academy sponsor led
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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
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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
(03/07/2018)
Full Report - All Reports
83%
NATIONAL AVG. 60%
% pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics



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Progress Compared With All Other Schools

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Gaysfield Road
Fishtoft
Boston
PE21 0SF
01205363139

School Description

The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education since the previous inspection. You have successfully created a culture in which members of staff are mutually supportive and are committed to doing their best to enable pupils to succeed. The parents and carers with whom I spoke were very positive about the quality of education that their children are receiving. They value the fact that teachers are welcoming and are prepared to discuss any concerns that they may have. They felt that you and the staff know their children very well, and some also spoke positively about the one-to-one support that their children receive. Evidence from the school’s recent survey of parents’ views indicated that the vast majority of parents feel that their children are well taught, are making good progress and are happy at the school. At the time of the last inspection, as an area for improvement, inspectors identified providing further opportunities for parents to become more actively involved in understanding their children’s learning. You have successfully addressed this by providing parents with opportunities to support their children with, for example, spelling and handwriting. You also make good use of class newsletters, which set out what pupils are going to learn on a term-by-term basis. In response to recommendations from the previous report, you have also successfully improved the quality of presentation in pupils’ books. When we looked together at a sample of books, it was clear that teachers’ expectations of how pupils present their work are high and pupils take pride in their work. Pupils’ handwriting is good and improves over time, reflecting the work you have done in this area. You have ensured that pupils’ mathematical skills have improved. However, leaders have not, as yet, fully addressed the fact that the most able pupils are not effectively challenged. As a small school, you understand how important it is to learn from the good practice in other schools. Through your membership of the Boston Witham Academies Federation and the Connect Teaching School Alliance, teachers have adopted practices which are enabling pupils to make better progress. Pupils are proud to be members of Fishtoft Academy. The pupils with whom I spoke in the playground told me that they enjoy coming to school, get on well with other pupils and find lessons interesting. Through the partnership arrangements with other schools, including the local secondary school, pupils benefit from an increasingly broad range of extra-curricular activities. Pupils take part in visits to places such as Tattershall Castle and Gainsborough Old Hall, and play a range of sports, which are helping them to become well-rounded individuals, well equipped for the next stage of their education. In all of my interactions with pupils, I found them to be very friendly and engaging. Governors undertake regular monitoring visits to the school, which help them to better understand how effectively the school is operating. They carefully track the progress that the school is making. Governors now make use of comparative data from other schools in order to better gauge the relative strengths and areas for improvement at Fishtoft. Your analysis of the school’s performance is accurate and the identified priorities within the school improvement plan clearly flow from that analysis. Over time, you have brought about a greater rigour and sense of urgency to further improving the school. While you are very supportive of the staff, and, in turn, well liked by them, you hold them to account. Safeguarding is effective The arrangements to safeguard pupils are fit for purpose. The school administrator is very diligent in ensuring that all the required vetting of staff and volunteers take place. Safeguarding policies are up to date and are readily available on the school website. All school visits are risk assessed. The school site is secure. Staff are expected to indicate that they have read key policies and have regular training in all matters relating to safeguarding. Pupils learn about the importance of staying safe in lessons, including how to stay safe on the road and in the digital world. The school ensures that pupils can swim 25 metres by the time that they leave school. Parents report that they have no concerns about their children’s safety.

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