Aldbrough Primary School

Overview

Aldbrough Primary School is described as a “caring and community-focused” institution where pupils feel “safe, secure and valued.” The report highlights a “calm and purposeful culture” with “excellent” behaviour, noting that staff maintain “high expectations” and foster positive relationships. While early years provision and personal development are rated at a “strong standard,” most other aspects of the school’s performance meet the “expected standard.”

Strengths

• Early years provision is of a “strong standard,” with a “precise foundation for future learning” and “highly skilled support from adults.”
• Personal development and wellbeing are at a “strong standard,” with pupils showing “maturity” and being “extremely very well prepared for their next steps.”
• Behaviour is “excellent,” characterised by a “deep sense of belonging” and respectful interactions between pupils and staff.
• Inclusion is effective, with “timely and impactful” pastoral support ensuring pupils with additional needs are fully included and achieve well.
• Staff morale is high, supported by leaders who create an environment where staff feel “safe, valued and listened to.”

Areas to improve

• Leaders should ensure the curriculum is of a “consistently high quality in the wider curriculum subjects” so pupils develop detailed knowledge.
• Leaders should ensure the importance of attendance is “consistently promoted well to parents and carers” to improve regular attendance for specific groups.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with an “open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility” ensuring pupils are “made safer and feel safe.”