Moving beyond the floor target: Slade Green Junior School, Bexley

• Date: Jan 2008
• Programme: Improving Schools Programme (ISP)
• Focus: Tackling underachievement in schools causing concern
• Number in series: 15
• School name: Slade Green Junior School
  
• Phase: Primary
• Key stage: Key Stage 2
  
• Local authority: Bexley
• Ref: 00150-2008DWO-EN-01
• % of free school meals: 33%

School context and profile

The school serves an urban area of very high social deprivation. The school has three-form entry and there are three ability sets per year group for literacy and numeracy. Close liaison is achieved with the infant school that shares the same site and there is a well-established transfer programme.

• Number on roll: 255
• Age range: seven to 11 years
• A third of pupils receive free school meals (FSM).
• The majority of pupils (71 per cent) are white British, although recently there has been a rise of pupils who are black African in origin (12 per cent).
• Attainment prior to school entry is generally very low.
• There is also a higher than average number of pupils with special educational needs, especially those requiring a statement of special educational needs.

Key Stage 2 level 4+ results:

2005 English 58%; mathematics 58%
2006 English 63%; mathematics 60%
2007 English 73%; mathematics 73%