West Row Academy
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
Not Available
AGES
4 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Community school
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
Not Rated

This school has now become an academy. You can see the new school here

How Does The School Perform?

Requires Improvement
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(25/04/2017)
Full Report - All Reports
62%
NATIONAL AVG. 60%
% pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics



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Beeches Road
West Row
Bury St Edmunds
IP28 8NY
01638715680

School Description

 The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website.  The school is smaller than the average-sized primary school and is increasing from having one class in each year group to two. There are two classes in the current Reception and Year 1 and it is planned that these will feed through the school.  The school was below the floor standards in 2016. The floor standard was met in 2014 and 2015. This school is a coasting school.  Since the previous inspection, there have been a significant number of staffing changes, including changes to the leadership of the school. A new headteacher and deputy headteacher took up post in September 2015 and there is a new leader for special educational needs. There have been changes in the subject leadership of English and mathematics.  The proportion of pupils identified as having special educational needs and/or Inspection report: West Row Community Primary School, 25–26 April 2017 Page 9 of 12 disabilities is close to that seen nationally, as is the proportion of pupils who have a statement of special educational needs or an education, health and care plan.  The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is below average.  Most pupils are of White British heritage.  Many pupils who start in the Reception Year do not complete their education at the school. A higher number of pupils than is seen nationally leave or join the school part way through the school year. 
 Inspection report: West Row Community Primary School, 25–26 April 2017 Page 10 of 12 Information about this inspection  Inspectors observed teaching in all year groups, including joint observations with the headteacher. They listened to pupils read in Years 1 and 2 and scrutinised work in pupils’ books in all year groups.  Inspectors talked to a group of pupils about their school and spoke with them during play and lunchtimes.  Discussions took place informally with parents when they were collecting their children from school. Inspectors took account of 30 responses to Ofsted’s online questionnaire (Parent View) and 27 free-text comments.  Inspectors considered 11 responses received to the staff questionnaire.  Meetings were held with three members of the governing body, members of the senior leadership team, and a representative from the local authority.  A range of documentation was scrutinised. Documents included all aspects of safeguarding, the school’s information about pupils’ progress, school development plans and self-evaluations. Inspection team Joan Beale, lead inspector Ofsted Inspector Rod Warsap Ofsted Inspector Chris Lake Ofsted Inspector Inspection report: West Row Community Primary School, 25–26 April 2017 Page 11 of 12 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].

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This school is an academy and does not conform to the general school admission criteria set down by the Local Education Authority.