Following the disappointing results in mathematics last year, the school put in place positive measures to provide professional training for staff, move more experienced teachers into Key Stage 1 and improve the resources. These measures have had a good effect on pupils' standards. At Key Stage 2, the results match the inspection findings in mathematics and science, but, in English, pupils show a significant improvement since the 1997 tests. This progress is the result of the introduction of the 'Able Child Policy' which has significantly increased the proportion of pupils attaining higher than average standards in English. By the end of Key Stage 1, in English, pupils' skills in speaking and listening are in line with national expectations.
Most pupils can listen to adults and to each other attentively and their vocabulary is sound.
They communicate their ideas logically and meaningfully. In reading, the vast majority of pupils reaches the standard for their age and most read their books without much help. Many write simple sentences, some of which are punctuated correctly. They write clearly, often in a neat, joined style. In mathematics, by the age of seven, nearly all pupils have a sound grasp of number and can count and add numbers up to a hundred.