Hague Primary School

100903 Unique Reference Number Tower Hamlets Local Authority 276417 Inspection number 30 November °1 December 2005 Inspection dates Judy Keiner Reporting inspector

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This inspection of the school was carried out under section 5 of the Education Act 2005.

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Primary Type of school Community School category 3 °11 Age range of pupils Mixed Gender of pupils Number on roll School

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The governing body Appropriate authority Makmoder Khanom Chair Yvonne Hargreaves-Pizer Not previously inspected Date of previous school inspection Wilmot Street School address London E2 0BP

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020 7739 9574 Telephone number 020 7613 3139 Fax number

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3 °11 Age group 30 November °1 December 2005 Inspection dates 276417 Inspection number .

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Further copies of this report are obtainable from the school. Under the Education Act 2005, the school must provide a copy of this report free of charge to certain categories of people. A charge not exceeding the full cost of reproduction may be made for any other copies supplied.

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Introduction

The inspection was carried out by two additional inspectors.

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Description of the school

The school is located in an area of high social deprivation. The overwhelming majority of pupils have family origins in Bangladesh and are first language Bengali speakers. There are small numbers of pupils from other ethnic backgrounds. Almost all these pupils have first languages other than English. The school has a high proportion of pupils with learning disabilities and a unit for deaf and hearing impaired pupils. Recently, the number of families of older pupils moving to other areas with better housing has increased, resulting in a drop in the roll. Attainment on entry is well below average in most areas of learning.

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Key for inspection grades

Outstanding Grade 1 Good Grade 2 Satisfactory Grade 3 Inadequate Grade 4 3 of 7 Inspection Report: Hague Primary School, 30 November °1 December 2005

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What the school should do to improve further

* Improve standards in mathematics by making more effective provision for higher achievers * Ensure that management roles are more effectively shared across the school * Ensure that the governing body carries out its role of challenging the school more effectively.

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Grade:

The quality of teaching and learning is good across the school. Teachers explain and organise lesson tasks well. Many give pupils exceptionally good opportunities to develop their ideas and understanding through discussion. The very well thought out reading and writing tasks which follow help promote very good achievement in English, particularly by pupils at the early stages of learning English. Teachers provide good challenges which interest and engage pupils, for example, by dressing up to play a character from history, such as Samuel Pepys. Very good use is made of visiting specialists, for example, in helping to teach cricket. Pupils with learning disabilities are well supported by carefully briefed support staff. The knowledgeable support staff for the deaf and hearing-impaired use electronic aids, good visuals and different group tasks to ensure these pupils get the most out of lessons.In some lessons, teachers spend too

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long talking and leave too few opportunities for pupils to discuss their learning. In some lessons, particularly in mathematics, there is too little challenge for the highest achievers, which slows down their progress. Teachers mark work regularly. Most have a good understanding of how pupils are doing, but their marking does not offer pupils enough guidance on how to improve their work.

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The curriculum is good with some outstanding features. It is much improved since the last inspection. Planning is good in the Foundation Stage and for all subjects except mathematics and wider numeracy skills, where there is some inconsistency, which results in pupils' slower progress. Provision for literacy is excellent and is particularly well suited to the needs of the great majority of pupils whose first language is not English. Work is well planned, exciting and relevant. Although ICT provision has been satisfactorily improved, it is not yet being used effectively enough to support pupils with learning difficulties and disabilities. Special funding has been used well to ensure good curriculum provision for the needs of pupils with learning difficulties and disabilities.Curriculum provision for pupils' personal, social and emotional development through enrichment and extra-curricular activities is exemplary. A local historian

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works very successfully with the pupils in the Year 6 topic on the East End, exploring the 4 of 7 Inspection Report: Hague Primary School, 30 November °1 December 2005 changing nature of the area. Pupils in the lunchtime mathematics club work on extended mathematical challenges supported by volunteers from a major bank.

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The school evaluates care, guidance and support as outstanding. Inspectors judge it to be good. The care and welfare of children is of utmost importance to the staff. The school works exceptionally well with parents and they hold it in very high regard. There are very good systems and staff training for child protection. Vulnerable pupils and their families get good support from the learning mentor to enable them to take an active part in school life. Good communication between class teachers and specialist support staff means that pupils who need extra help are identified swiftly and appropriate support put in place. Teachers usually give pupils clear advice about how to make better progress in English, but do not do so satisfactorily in mathematics.

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5 of 7 Inspection Report: Hague Primary School, 30 November °1 December 2005 .

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in the guidance 'Complaints about school inspection', which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.ofsted.gov.uk. 6 of 7 Inspection Report: Hague Primary School, 30 November °1 December 2005

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Text from letter to pupils explaining the findings of the inspection

We would like to thank you for making us so very welcome when we visited Hague Primary School. We thought that you were very friendly and we were very impressed by the thoughtful and lively way you talked with us. We enjoyed the many opportunities to see you learning and helping the school, including seeing your School Council in action. These are the things that we liked about your school:* you told us you really enjoy coming to school and love the subjects you learn about* you feel completely safe at school and know there is always an adult you would go to if there is anything worrying you* you feel you are always treated fairly and the school's rules help to make sure you can always enjoy learning and playtimes* you like the opportunities you get to help the school go on improving and you are keen to help; you thought of excellent questions, like 'What skills do you have for playground friends?', when you were planning how to interview volunteers for the new scheme.

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Text from letter to pupils explaining the findings of the inspection

You do well at school and leave well prepared for your secondary school. We think the school can help some of you do still better, especially in mathematics, by giving you clear advice on what to do to improve your work. We think more of your teachers could share the task of running the school, and the governors could do more to make sure that lots of good alternative ideas are considered for making it even better. 7 of 7 Inspection Report: Hague Primary School, 30 November °1 December 2005

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