Bleary Primary School

Overview

Bleary Primary School is described as a warm, inclusive community where children are “happy and supported well” to achieve their potential. The inspection highlights a strong ethos underpinned by the motto ‘Believe, Persevere, Succeed’, with effective teaching practices and a clear vision guiding school development.

Strengths

• Outdoor play-based learning is a “key strength”, offering “rich, engaging and purposeful experiences” that foster curiosity and resilience.
• Children demonstrate confidence in numeracy and literacy, with “clear progression in reading and writing” and high standards of presentation.
• The school has a “well-established Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics provision” that builds skills progressively from early stages.
• A cohesive approach to wellbeing, including the PATHS programme, ensures children feel “safe, well supported” and know who to talk to.
• Staff collaboration is strong, with “well-planned peer observations” contributing to a culture of “collegiality, trust and... honest professional reflection”.

Areas to improve

• The school must “improve the provision for the children with SEN”, specifically by developing a “more systematic approach to collating, monitoring and evaluating” data to measure impact.
• Planning for SEN learning requires development to ensure it is “sufficiently well matched to their individual needs” to improve outcomes and engagement.
• Consultation and communication processes with parents need strengthening to address concerns and “deepen the home-school partnership”.

Safeguarding

The report states that “arrangements for child protection align to the current statutory guidance.”