LONG LEE Primary School and its early years provision has been branded good in all areas by Ofsted.

Following a recent inspection the watchdog gave the grade for leadership and management, teaching and learning, personal development, behaviour and welfare of pupils.

The inspectors said the school, which is part of a federation with Ingrow Primary School, required improvement following their last visit two years ago.

This time Ofsted said senior leaders at the school had high expectations and staff were about these ambitions and support them well. It

acknowledged the positive impact of the sharing of good practice, across the federation, on teaching and leadership.

The inspectors said teachers’ skilful questioning helped provide a good understanding of what pupils are learning, and the work of teaching assistants supported pupils’ phonics work and helping them learn to read.

The tracking of pupils’ progress effectively prevented children from underachieving, so pupils made good progress in a range of subjects including reading, writing and maths.

Children settle in quickly in the early years provision and make good progress because of the good teaching and leadership.

Governors have an excellent understanding of the school, making sure pupils are achieving well and holding leaders to account for their work.

Inspectors say the school uses its funding for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs effectively.

The report also praises the school’s leaders for ensuring the curriculum makes a good contribution to pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. It highlighted high-quality safeguarding systems to protect children.

Angela Vinnicombe, the Strategic Leader of Ingrow and Long Lee Federation said: “We are thrilled with this inspection report which shows the huge progress Long Lee Primary School has made.

“We could not be any more proud of the children, staff, governors and parents for the commitment they demonstrated to Long Lee during the inspection.”

The inspectors reported that Bradford Council and the federation had made a good contribution to the improvements achieved since Long Lee Primary School was last inspected.