School report
Astley Park School Harrington Road, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1JZ
Inspection dates
14–15 November 2012 Previous inspection:
Satisfactory
3
This inspection:
Good
2
Achievement of pupils
Good
2
Quality of teaching
Good
2
Behaviour and safety of pupils
Outstanding
1
Leadership and management
Good
2
Overall effectiveness
Summary of key findings for parents and pupils This is a good school. Astley Park has improved since the previous Behaviour and safety are outstanding. Pupils inspection so that the quality of teaching and feel exceptionally safe in school because of the pupils’ achievements, from their starting highly supportive relationships they enjoy with points, are now good. staff. Pupils benefit from consistently good Relationships with parents are outstanding. teaching. Teachers provide activities that are Parents feel well informed about their child’s well planned to match the needs of progress and involved in the life of the school. individuals. Pupils enjoy school and want to The high expectations of the headteacher and learn because lessons are fun. leadership team, including the governing body Teachers and teaching assistants provide have improved the school since the previous outstanding care and support for pupils so inspection. Staff are committed to being part of that they make especially good progress in a team which continuously strives to and their personal development. succeeds in improving pupils’ achievement. It is not yet an outstanding school because Not enough teaching is outstanding and not Information and communication technology is all staff are clear enough about what makes not always used well enough across the the quality of teaching outstanding to enable curriculum subjects so that pupils can find out pupils to make consistently outstanding things for themselves. progress. Sometimes, teachers do not make it clear enough what each pupil is expected to learn in all lessons to be sure that more-able pupils, in particular, always achieve as well as they can.