A primary school in Bedmond still "requires improvement" following its latest inspection by Ofsted. 

Bedmond Village Primary and Nursery School scored another three grading when inspected on July 2014. 

The school had previously received a grade three rating during its last inspection in 2012.

Points made in the school report published by Ofsted included pupils' progress not accelerating sufficiently quickly, particularly in years two and three, and teachers not having high enough expectations of what their pupils can achieve. 

The schools watchdog also stated that frequent staff changes had hindered the efforts of senior leaders to improve the effectiveness of teaching and that breadth and balance of the curriculum was not always appropriate in every class in the school.

Emma Woollon, headteacher at the school, said: "The inspector recognised that there are many good aspects to the school. We were commended on our improvement in the Early Years Foundation Stage, the improvement in the standards of writing, our monitoring of teaching and learning and on the behaviour of the pupils and the safe environment the school provides. 

"However, the school has been asked to ensure that our teaching is consistently 'good' or 'better', to accelerate pupils' progress in mathematics and handwriting and to develop middle leadership. 

"Naturally staff and governors are disappointed by this judgement, but the Ofsted report will help us focus on our improvement plans to enable the school to progress. 

"There have been many improvements at the school during the last two years and I think its worth noting that as a small school the results of any one individual pupil can distort the picture of school performance in relation to national averages. 

"We have written to all our families to reassure them of our commitment to achieving the very best for the children. We very much appreciate their continued and active support for our school."