Moving beyond the floor target case study: White's Wood Lane Junior School, Lincolnshire

• Date: Jan 2008
• Programme: Improving Schools Programme (ISP)
• Focus: Tackling underachievement in schools causing concern
• Number in series: 10
• School name: White's Wood Lane Junior School
• Phase: Primary
• Key stage: Key Stage 2
• Local authority: Lincolnshire
• Ref: 00150-2008DWO-EN-01
• % of free school meals: Above average

School context and profile

White's Wood Lane Junior School is sited in the most deprived ward in Lincolnshire, and serves an area of high social deprivation.

• Number on roll: 186
• Age range: seven to 11
• Almost 100 per cent of the learners are white British, no child has English as an Additional Language.
• Above average percentage of the school population is eligible for free school meals.
• A high proportion are on the register of Special Educational Needs (SEN), of these the proportion with a statement is very high
• On entry, attainment is below national expectations.

The school was inspected in June 2004 and was removed from the category of 'serious weaknesses'. It was judged to be a satisfactory and improving school. It was noted that there had been 'an effective response to the previous report'.

Issues identified were:

• to raise standards further in English, mathematics and science
• to review the afternoon timetable, so that it addresses the current difficulties with pupils' behaviour and concentration.

Key Stage 2 L4 results

2006 English 59%; mathematics 59%
2007 English 79%; mathematics 74%