Grovelands Primary School
| Inspection dates | 4–5 FEBRUARY 2020 |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
| Effectiveness of leadership and management | Good |
| Quality of teaching, learning and assessment | Good |
| Personal development, behaviour and welfare | Good |
| Outcomes for pupils | Good |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Good |
Summary of key findings for parents and pupils
This is a good school
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Leaders set unwaveringly high expectations for every member of the school
community.
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Pupils attend school regularly because they love learning.
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Pupils told us that everyone gets the help they need. Difference is
celebrated and embraced.
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Pupils feel safe in school.
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Leaders put the interests of pupils at the heart of every decision they make. This
includes the many successful changes to the quality of education
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Leaders have made reading a priority. Phonics is taught well and pupils quickly learn
to read words using familiar sounds.
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Leaders make sure that pupils study a wide range of subjects.
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Children settle quickly into early years, engaging with adults well. Enjoying stories
and developing language are at the heart of the early years curriculum.
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Leaders support pupils in knowing how to be good learners by linking learning
values to characters.
It is not yet an outstanding school because
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In other subjects, such as geography and art, sequences of learning
are less developed and pupils do not learn quite as well. Subject leaders know the
changes that are needed and have started on this work.
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Staff are ambitious for what pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
(SEND) can achieve. Teachers plan lessons well to meet the needs of pupils with
SEND, including in The Dell. However, this is not as effective for lower-attaining
pupils as teachers do not always understand well enough what these pupils can and
cannot yet do. Work is sometimes too difficult. When this is the case these pupils
lose focus, and this hampers their learning.
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In Reception, caring and attentive support guides children, building their confidence
and curiosity. Overall, teachers use the ambitious curriculum to plan interesting
activities. However, staff do not always use their observations well enough to
identify what children understand and what their next steps in learning should be.
This means that sometimes staff’s support for children as they learn is not matched
well enough to their needs. Leaders have plans in place to strengthen this aspect of
work.
What does the school need to do to improve further?
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Leaders should ensure that all subjects are well sequenced so that pupils build their understanding securely over time.
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Leaders should ensure that teaching consistently builds on what children already know and understand.
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Leaders need to make sure that all teachers use assessment skillfully so that teaching builds on what pupils already know and understand.
GROVELANDS OFSTED REPORT
View full Grovelands Ofsted Report from February 2020.
