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

Chapters

1 Moving beyond the floor target case study: White's Wood Lane Junior School, Lincolnshire
2 The school-based issues
3 What was done by the school?
4 Local authority support and challenge
5 Sustainability – what next?

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.