Aveton Gifford CofE Primary School

Overview: Aveton Gifford CofE Primary School is a nurturing school with a strong standard, where pupils enjoy learning and achieve well above national averages in reading, writing, and mathematics. The school has a highly inclusive culture, where leaders and staff work together to support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Strengths:

• Pupils' attendance is high and reflects their enjoyment of school and learning.
• Pupils' behaviour is consistently positive, with a strong sense of responsibility and respect for others.
• The school's early years provision is strong, with children thriving in a supportive and stimulating environment.
• The school is highly inclusive, with leaders and staff working effectively to support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• The school's personal development programme is highly effective, with activities enriching pupils' lives and building their confidence.

Areas to improve:

• Leaders should refine the wider curriculum so that knowledge is clear and taught in a logical order, with teaching checking that pupils are ready for the next steps in learning.
• Leaders should ensure that teachers receive the support they need to deliver the wider curriculum well so that pupils achieve confidently across all subjects, in line with their success in English and mathematics.

Safeguarding: The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders and/or those responsible for governance and oversight fulfilling their specific responsibilities and having established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed.