Brighstone Church of England Aided Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address New Road
Brighstone
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 4BB
Phone 01983740285
Reference Number 118192

Brighstone Church of England Aided Primary School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection, moving from a previous grade of 'Requires improvement' to 'Good' across all inspected domains. The school is well integrated into the local community, with pupils actively participating in initiatives, promoting empathy, and demonstrating good behavior. Parents express satisfaction with their children's experiences, feeling fortunate to be part of the school's family-oriented culture. However, the school faces challenges in securing prior knowledge in subjects with recent curriculum changes, which impacts the depth of learning for some pupils.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 85
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 56.47%
Girls: 43.53%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 24.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 23

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 8 3 11
2 5 2 7
3 5 5 10
4 7 6 13
5 10 7 17
6 6 8 14

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.1%
Mixed, Other 3.5%
White, Other 1.2%
White & Asian 1.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 06 Feb 2024
Date Report
06 Feb 2024 School inspection:
24 Nov 2021 School inspection:
27 May 2021 Monitoring visit
10 Feb 2021 Monitoring visit
14 May 2019 Monitoring visit
17 Apr 2018 Full inspection:
09 May 2017 Monitoring visit
19 Apr 2016 Full inspection:
28 Feb 2012 Full inspection:
29 Apr 2009 Full inspection:
10 Jul 2006 Full inspection:
10 Jan 2000 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils are proud of their school and participate in community initiatives.
  • High expectations for academic outcomes with most pupils achieving well.
  • Strong support systems in place for pupils with special educational needs.
  • Effective teaching of phonics leading to fluent reading skills.
  • Robust systems to assess learning and address knowledge gaps.
  • Successful induction procedures for early years, helping children settle well.

Areas for Improvement

  • In a few subjects, recent curriculum changes have not yet ensured deep knowledge retention.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 38%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103
Maths 102

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.9
Writing -1.4
Maths -1.6

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 5 0
Third Preference 0 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Station Road, Ningwood, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 4NN
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