Bevington Primary School

This is an average-sized school with pupils drawn from a wide range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The school works under extremely challenging circumstances. Attainment on entry to the school is generally well below national expectations. Currently, over nine out of ten of pupils are of minority ethnic origin and two thirds speak English as an additional language, often at a very early stage. Thirty are children of refugees and asylum seekers. Three quarters of pupils are of a Muslim background and 21 languages are spoken in the school. The proportion of pupils claiming free school meals is above the national average at very nearly half. A higher proportion of pupils than the national average have special educational needs. Most of these pupils have moderate learning difficulties. The school has gained a number of awards including the Healthy School Award and the Activemark. An independently managed pre-school breakfast club and an after-school play centre are provided on the school site. The school was placed into special measures in 2005 and taken out of special measures at the time of the last inspection, in March 2007, when the overall effectiveness was judged to be good.