A Summary of the Key Strengths of the School - OFSTED 2019

As you read the report you will see that the strengths of the school include:

• A clear vision that makes the school a very safe, happy and welcoming place in which pupils learn well
• Leaders successfully motivating staff to share their determination
• Established effective systems for holding teachers to account
• Pupils currently in the school making strong progress in reading, writing and mathematics
• Academic standards have risen over the last 3 years for all subjects and groups of children
• Governors are passionately committed to the life of the school and share the headteacher’s vision to improve outcomes for pupils
• Teachers’ strong subject knowledge
• High quality training for teachers
• Pupils talking of their aspirations for the future and having excellent attitudes to learning
• A culture of high expectation
• A wealth of opportunities for children across the curriculum
• Teachers appreciating the support and training they receive from subject leaders
• Pupils with SEND making strong progress
• Pupils saying that they feel very safe in school and their parents and carers agree with this view
• Teachers’ having high expectations and clear explanations ensuring that pupils settle quickly to work
• Teachers’  skilful  questioning to check pupils’ understanding
• The overwhelming majority of parents who responded to Ofsted’s Parent View questionnaire agreed that they receive valuable information from the school about their child’s progress
• Leaders and governors have established a range of important measures to ease the transition for pupils when they transfer at the end of key stage 1
• Pupils develop spiritually, morally, socially and culturally through a wide range of activities that leaders provide
• Children are extremely proud of their school
• Pupils rarely miss a day at school
• Pupils currently in school read widely and often and with confidence and enjoyment
• Teaching routinely promotes the development of pupils’ vocabulary and this is reflected in work books of current pupils

Of special interest to parents is the following judgement:

The school’s work to promote pupils’ personal development, behaviour and welfare is OUTSTANDING.

The above includes the following strengths:

• Strong relationships at all levels
• Children being confident and resilient learners
• Children having excellent attitudes to learning with high levels of concentration
• Children understanding the link between hard work and success
• An extremely open school culture which prioritises pupils’ safety and welfare
• Pupils’ outstanding behaviour and impeccable conduct
• High expectations of behaviour
• Children having faith in their teachers and know exactly what to do if they need help
• Bullying is quickly dealt with
• Effective safeguarding practice