Fellside Community Primary School

The school was inspected in November 2003. An extract from the summary of the inspection report is included below:

‘The school’s effectiveness is very good. Pupils’ achievement is high. Pupils attain well above average standards because the leadership and management are excellent, the quality of teaching and learning are very good, and pupil’s attitudes to work and their behaviour are of a high standard. The school provides very good value for money.

The school’s main strengths and weaknesses are as follows:
• The leadership and management of the headteacher are outstanding.
• Standards, by the end of Years 2 and 6, are well above average in English, Mathematics, Science and Religious Education.
• All groups of pupils achieve very well throughout the school because of the consistently high standards of teaching.
• Provision for pupils’ personal development is very good, leading to a very positive ethos in the school.
• The curriculum is exciting and promotes high achievement.
• The assessment and recording of pupils’ progress in English, Mathematics and Science is very good.
• There are no significant weaknesses in this very effective school.’

In February 2005 the school was identified in the annual report of Her Majesties Chief Inspector of Schools as being “particularly successful … and extremely effective in providing high quality education and ensuring pupils achieve very well�