Moving beyond the floor target case study: Colburn Primary School, North Yorkshire

Chapters

1 Moving beyond the floor target case study: Colburn Primary School, North Yorkshire
2 The school-based issues
3 What was done by the school?
4 What did the LA identify as the key areas for support/challenge?
5 Sustainability - what next?

Date: Jan 2008
Programme: Improving Schools Programme (ISP)
Focus: Tackling underachievement in schools causing concern
Number in series: 3
School name: Colburn Primary School
Phase: Primary
Key stage: Foundation stage, Key Stages 1 and 2
Local authority: North Yorkshire
Ref: 00150-2008DWO-EN-01

School context and profile

Colburn Primary School is situated in a town adjacent to Catterick Garrison, the largest army garrison in Europe. The school community has a significant proportion of lone mothers and many of the school community are poorly paid part-time workers on the garrison, which lifts them just above Income Support threshold. As a result, free school meals statistics mask the real level of deprivation in the area. The school’s index of multiple deprivation ranking is 28 out of 328 North Yorkshire (NY) primary schools. The school is in a pocket of deprivation in a rural area.

Key Stage 2 2005 results:

Level 4+: English 57%; mathematics 62%; science 78%

Level 5: English 11%; mathematics 16%; science 32%

Next:The school-based issues