Whitemoor Primary School
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Whitemoor Primary School is a mixed primary education school in Nottingham, UK. The school had 449 pupils in 2004 aged 3-11.
This large, multi-cultural, community primary school is situated in a densely populated area of terraced and semi-detached housing. While the whole range of socio-economic groups is represented, many children come from relatively disadvantaged home backgrounds. Over a quarter of the pupils live beyond the immediate vicinity of the school and attend through choice. A significant majority of the pupils are British. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is high, with virtually all other minority groups represented. The most prominent ethnic groups are Mixed White and Black Caribbean; Asian or Asian British of Indian or Pakistani origin; and Black or Black British of Caribbean origin. There is one refugee and five Travellers.
The most common first languages spoken by pupils from ethnic groups are Urdu and Panjabi. The proportion of pupils with special educational needs is also above the national average, with moderate learning or social, emotional and behavioural difficulties being the most common. The movement of pupils into the school, other than at the beginning of the school year affects some year groups such as the current Years 4 and 6. Overall attainment on entry to the Nursery is low for the children’s age, especially in speech and language. A Schools Achievement Award was received in 2001 in acknowledgement of the improvement in standards, and Healthy Schools status was gained in 2003.
