Kenton Bar is bigger than the average primary school. It has expanded since September 2016, from 45 places available for each year group to 60 places. A higher than average number of pupils join or leave the school during their primary education. The early years comprises a Nursery class and Reception class. Nursery operates for the first half of the week and Reception children attend full-time. The proportion of pupils of minority ethnic heritage is slightly below average and rising annually. An increasing number of pupils from refugee and asylum-seeking families attend the school. Nearly two thirds of pupils are known to be entitled to the government’s additional pupil premium funding. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities and are identified by the school as requiring additional support is above average. The Inspection report: Kenton Bar Primary School, 5–6 October 2016 Page 9 of 12 proportion with an education, health and care plan is average. The school has additionally resourced provision for six pupils with an autistic spectrum diagnosis (communication centre). An additional pupil joined the school the day before the inspection following a request from the local authority. Pupils are included in the main school as much as possible with key staff, once their needs are assessed. At the time of the inspection, four other pupils were new to the school and they were spending much of their time in the communication centre. The school did not meet the 2015 government’s floor standards. These are the minimum standards expected for pupils’ attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of key stage 2. The current headteacher was appointed at the beginning of the summer term 2016. One senior leader was on maternity leave at the time of the inspection. The assistant headteacher is currently the acting deputy headteacher. A middle leader has been promoted temporarily to the assistant headteacher’s role. In September 2013, the school became a member of the Newcastle North West Learning Trust, which includes seven other local primary schools. The trust is scheduled to cease its work in November 2016 when all schools become part of SMART, a newly developed multi-academy trust. The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website.