Waterside Combined School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
168
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Community school
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
Not Rated

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How Does The School Perform?

Inadequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(14/06/2016)
Full Report - All Reports
63%
NATIONAL AVG. 60%
% pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics



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Black Horse Avenue
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School Description

There is currently an acting headteacher and deputy headteacher as the substantive headteacher is on long-term sick leave. Both the acting headteacher and acting deputy headteacher will be leaving at the end of this summer term. A permanent member of staff from Buckinghamshire Learning Trust is currently working as a consultant leader at the school on a part-time basis. The school is a smaller than average-sized primary school. Since the previous inspection, there have been significant staffing changes, including a new headteacher who took up post in September 2014 and three different chairs of the governing body. The current incumbent took up her post in November 2015. Children in the early years attend on a part-time basis in the Nursery, in the morning. Children in the Reception class attend full time. Almost three quarters of the pupils are White British, with the rest coming from a wide range of other ethnic heritages. About one in 10 pupils do not speak English as their first language, which is below average. The proportion of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is below average. However, the proportion of pupils with a statement or with an education, health and care plan is slightly above average. The school does not meets requirements on the publication of governors’ business and financial interests and their roles in other schools, and in addition on details of the school’s access facilities for pupils who have educational needs and/or disabilities (including an accessibility plan in compliance with schedule 10 of the Equality Act 2010) on its website. The school met floor standards in 2015, which are the government’s minimum standards for progress and attainment. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils who are supported by pupil premium funding is above average, with just over one third of pupils being eligible. The pupil premium is extra government funding to support the education of pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals, and children who are looked after by the local authority. Inspection report: Waterside Combined School, 14–15 June 2016 8 of 10 Information about this inspection Inspectors observed teaching and learning in every class, approximately 27 in total. Short visits were made to observe the teaching of phonics, pupils’ behaviour and to see children learning in the early years setting. Pupils were also observed in assembly, at breaktimes and around the school. The team met formally with a group of pupils, and spoke to many others informally. Pupils from Years 3 to 6 were heard to read. Inspectors examined a variety of documentation, particularly that related to the school’s improvement plans, pupils’ progress and how the school keeps pupils safe, including the safety checks made on staff. The team held meetings with a group consisting of most class teachers and on another occasion with a group of staff, which also included teaching assistants. Inspectors also met with the acting headteacher together with the deputy headteacher, and the consultant leader accompanied by the school improvement adviser, both of whom work for Buckinghamshire Learning Trust (BLT). In addition, inspectors spoke on the telephone with the head of schools at BLT. Inspectors also met with a safeguarding representative from Buckinghamshire County Council, the parttime temporary special educational needs coordinator, and informally with parents at the start of the day. Inspectors took account of four emails parents sent in support of the school as well as speaking with two parents on the telephone. The team took note of 36 replies to the online survey, Parent View, and studied the 28 written comments that parents made online. Eighteen results of the survey of staff opinion were considered as well as 108 responses to the pupil questionnaire, both of which were completed using paper versions rather than online.

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