Awsworth Primary and Nursery School

Overview: Awsworth Primary and Nursery School is a good school where pupils feel safe and are proud to make a positive contribution to the wider life of the school. The school's motto 'striving to achieve our BEST' is at the heart of everything, and leaders and teachers celebrate pupils' achievements through the popular 'BEST awards'. Pupils' behaviour in and around school is impeccable.

Strengths:

• Pupils' behaviour in and around school is impeccable.
• Pupils are polite and courteous to each other, adults, and visitors.
• The school's approach to pupils' personal development is exemplary, with staff and pupils proud of the school's work around UNICEF and links with schools in other countries.
• The school is an inclusive school, considering the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) when designing and teaching the curriculum.
• Teachers' subject knowledge is strong, and they use this to teach the knowledge they want pupils to know and to address any misconceptions pupils may have.

Areas to improve:

• Leaders have yet to refine the knowledge that they want pupils to know and remember in some subjects.
• Leaders do not yet routinely check across all subjects that teachers are teaching the planned curriculum, resulting in pupils not routinely building their knowledge over time as well as they should in some subjects.
• There are some minor inconsistencies in the teaching of early reading, resulting in not all pupils using the sounds they know well enough to read unfamiliar words.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders, staff, and governors committed to keeping pupils safe. Staff receive regular training related to safeguarding, and they record and report their concerns straight away. Safeguarding leaders promptly act on these concerns, and they work with a range of agencies to help and support children and their families to secure positive outcomes.