Bantaskin Primary School

Overview

Inspectors found that staff in the school and nursery work collaboratively to create an ethos where children feel "included and valued," underpinned by a focus on children’s rights. The report highlights successful approaches to learning through play and effective partnerships, noting that the school has the capacity to continue improving without further inspection visits.

Strengths

• Staff create an ethos where children feel "included and valued," developing "positive, nurturing and respectful relationships" with children and families.
• The team engages in "high-quality professional learning and enquiry," which supports children to make "good progress in learning."
• Collaboration with a range of partners provides "effective supports," leading to "improved outcomes for children."
• Approaches to leading learning through play are "highly successful," helping children become "curious, independent and engaged in learning."

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and staff should develop approaches to "evaluate more effectively the quality of the school’s work," including clearer measures of progress.
• Staff should ensure learning and teaching approaches are "consistent across all classes" to support all children in raising attainment.
• Nursery staff should continue to "balance opportunities for high-quality child-led and adult-led learning" to ensure a broad and balanced curriculum.

Safeguarding

The report states that staff work to create an ethos where children feel "included and valued" and have developed "positive, nurturing and respectful relationships with children and families."