This school is smaller than most primary schools. Early years provision comprises a Nursery class for three- and four-year-old children and one Reception class for four- and five-year-olds. The Nursery opened in September 2018 and the children attend either part time or full time. This amounts to a full-time equivalent of up to 16 children. The proportion of pupils with SEND is in line with the national average. The executive principal and head of school, who are employees of the St Bart’s MultiAcademy Trust, were seconded to the school in April 2018 and replaced the previous headteacher who left. The chair of the governing body has been in post since January 2017. The executive principal oversees the work of this and other schools in the trust. The St Bart’s Multi-Academy Trust will become the responsible body for managing the Inspection report: Woodcroft First School, 12–13 March 2019 Page 10 of 13 school in July 2019. The trust has been providing support and training for leaders and staff since January 2018 in preparation for the school converting to become one of its academies. Approximately one third of the overall leadership and staff team have been appointed since the previous full inspection in July 2016. The head of school will become the permanent head at the time of academisation. Staffordshire local authority has also supported the school since its previous inspection and has worked with the trust during this period of transition to becoming an academy. The school has close links with other schools in the Britannia Teaching School Alliance in Stoke-on-Trent. Since the previous inspection in July 2016, one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI) carried out a monitoring inspection in October 2017 because the school was judged to require improvement. The HMI judged that the senior leaders and governors at that time were not taking effective action to improve the school’s effectiveness. Since then, there have been considerable leadership and staff changes, as well as strategic changes to the composition of the governing body.