Telford primary school improves to get 'good' Ofsted rating

The new mark shows improvements have been made at Wrekin View Primary School in Wellington, where staff were told improvements needed to be made at a previous inspection.

A newly-published report following a recent inspection, said the headteacher is an "experienced and highly-effective school leader". Governance at the school was also described as "highly effective".

Inspectors said governors are passionate about the school and are very well-informed about the quality of teaching and the impact it is having on pupils' outcomes.

The report said: "They have worked closely with school leaders to ensure that the school provides all pupils with a high quality of education."

Read the full Ofsted report on Wrekin View Primary School here

Teaching was also praised and inspectors said pupils are now achieving much better outcomes than was the case at the time of the previous inspection. Pupils were described as "highly motivated and excited to learn".

The report said: "The teaching of reading in school has improved and is now good. There is a systematic, whole-school approach to the teaching of phonics that provides pupils with a secure understanding of how to use their knowledge of sounds to recognise and build words.

"Teachers now provide well-thought-out opportunities for pupils to extend their understanding of what they have read through whole-class studies of books. This helps pupils to widen their vocabulary and to develop good comprehension skills."

Behaviour of pupils was also described as good and attendance has improved. Inspectors said pupils' progress was improving strongly year-on-year and they were making good progress.

There are more than 390 pupils on the school roll. Ofsted described it as a larger than the average-sized primary school.

To make further improvements, the education watchdog has said the school needs to further reduce the number of pupil absences.

Inspectors said it also needs to develop teachers' skills in asking timely and probing questions that ensure that pupils can explain their learning in greater depth.

The inspection took place over two days in November.