Leadership and management and governance
Governors and leaders collaborate effectively to provide pupils with a stimulating and exciting environment which is also happy and secure. Leaders promote the school’s aims through the school’s four core values of “courage”, “compassion”, “curiosity” and “creativity”, which permeate throughout.
Education, Training and recreation
The key findings, when looking at the quality and depth of teaching and learning, and the extent of the co-curricular provision, were:
- Pupils benefit from a comprehensive and diverse curriculum and effective teaching that develops a love of knowledge
- Pupils demonstrate a high level of competence in reading. They are highly articulate which is reflected through their written work across the curriculum
- Pupils are confident and competent in the application of their numeracy skills through an emphasis on complex problem-solving
- Staff become knowledgeable about the children through the positive relationships they create
- Well-planned activities give children opportunities for child-initiated learning that develp their independence
- Pupils actively engage in the creative arts and develop their self-confidence through the extensive opportunities provided to perform. Pupils achieve a high level of success in external music examinations and scholarships to senior schools.
Wellbeing findings
The key findings, when looking at the pupils’ physical and mental and emotional wellbeing:
- Leaders ensure that the wellbeing of the pupils is prioritised through a wide range of effective pastoral support mechanisms such as friendship support groups, access to counsellors, different types of therapy, and the school’s own emotional support programme.
- The warm and positive relationships displayed between pupils and staff create an environment where pupils can take risks in their learning culminating in a “can-do” attitude
- Teachers create a safe learning environment where pupils are encouraged to take risks in the different challenges posed which develops resilience and quiet self-belief
- Pupils show a positive mutual respect towards each other
