Albany Village Primary School

Overview: Albany Village Primary School is a friendly and inclusive school where pupils are happy and safe. The school has a strong team ethos, with leaders and staff working together to provide high-quality learning opportunities. The school has made significant improvements since the last inspection, with a new headteacher and a renewed focus on teaching and learning.

Strengths:

• Pupils are happy and safe, with a strong sense of well-being and a love of learning.
• Positive relationships are a strength of the school, with pupils well-supported and staff providing a nurturing environment.
• The school has a strong team ethos, with leaders and staff working together to provide high-quality learning opportunities.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-sequenced, with leaders identifying the most important knowledge for pupils to learn.
• Pupils' behaviour is good, with a strong sense of respect and responsibility.

Areas to improve:

• In some foundation subjects, staff do not successfully match activities to focus on the most important things that pupils need to learn.
• In some subjects, teachers do not accurately check to make sure that pupils have remembered what they have been taught.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with a strong culture of safeguarding and staff receiving regular training.