Staff at Westgate Primary, in Bowling Green Street, were visited by inspectors in December and are already making improvements for their next report.

Headteacher Lynne Andrew has been at the school, which has 125 pupils, for three years. She said: "We have all had our own responsibilities and have all worked hard together to further our services to the children."

Inspector Gerald Griffin praised Mrs Andrew for her work since taking over the site in 2005. He said: "Leadership and management are good and the school's recent record of improvement shows that it is well placed to become even better."

He also noted the school's creative approach to learning and added: "Teachers plan work that pupils find interesting and as a result they are keen to learn and work hard."

Mrs Andrew believes using visual affects encourages youngsters to take more interest in topics. She added: "A lot of the children are very creative so we think of things that will interest them and use the resources in the town, such as the archaeology and history.

"For example, when youngsters are learning about the Great Fire of London, we also teach them about the Fire of Warwick and take them to see where it started."

In order for the school to improve further, Mr Griffin suggested teachers "improve the planning of longer pieces of written work" and "ensure pupils are challenged well throughout their lessons" and Mrs Andrew says she and her staff have already started work to meet these objectives.

Oftsed awards schools one of four grades ranging from unsatisfactory to outstanding and the Leamington resident is hoping the school will achieve top marks when the it is next visited.

She said: "The inspector said we are a good school with room to become better and the outstanding mark is the next step.

"It is what we are working very steadily towards."