A damning Ofsted report has prompted a village school to call a meeting.

Following a two-day visit to Lynsted and Norton Primary in May, inspector George Logan found it does not meet the government’s minimum expectations for pupils’ attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics.

As a result, its overall rating was given as “requiring improvements”.

Parents have been invited to the site in Lynsted Lane this evening to hear the leadership team talk about its plans to address the issues raised.

Executive head teacher Ian Fidge said: “We will listen closely and respond to any concerns that our parents have.”

The report says children do not make consistently good progress because there are variations in the quality of teaching across the school and that writing has, over time, been the weakest element, although improvements are now coming through.

It adds: “Until recently, the academy trust had been slow to respond to lackluster performance. It has now developed increasingly effective strategies for securing vital improvements.

“Weaker teaching in the past has affected learning and progress. Leaders have taken steps to tackle inadequate teaching. However, there are still pockets of weaker practice where pupils make slower progress.

“While a significant proportion of teaching is now good and progress more rapid, teachers do not always have sufficiently high expectations of what pupils can achieve.

“Work is not always challenging enough and this adversely affects progress.

“Not all teaching captures pupils’ enthusiasm to learn sufficiently.

“Attainment at the end of Year 6 has improved considerably from a low point in 2013 and is currently broadly average.

“Progress has improved across Key Stage 2. Year 6 pupils are making good progress in reading and their progress is at least at the expected level in mathematics and writing.

“A school-wide focus on writing and specialist teaching in mathematics for the more-able pupils are contributing to accelerated progress, with some pupils, for example, working at the highest level (Level 6) in mathematics.”

Head of school Richard Harrison said: "The leadership of the school are absolutely committed to further improving this school; and would echo the inspector’s view that the measures in place ”and the clear trend of improvement currently are enabling this school to turn the corner.”

To improve further, teaching needs to be consistently good or better by ensuring teachers consistently have high expectations of what pupils can achieve.

The children must also have a clear understanding of what they need to achieve.

Achievement needs to be consistently good to ensure all students, particularly those in Years 1 and 2, make rapid progress, especially in writing and standards by the end of Year 2 and Year 6 are at least in line with the national average.

It adds recent improvements in the leadership and management teams must be maintained so the remaining issues of under performance are tackled.

Middle leaders who are new to their role must receive training and development to enable them to have greater impact on their area of responsibility.

And pupils must gain a greater depth and understanding of a wider range of subjects.

To see the report in full, visit www.ofsted.gov.uk