Blockley Church of England Primary School

Overview

The report describes a school where “pupils are safe and happy” and “enjoy learning.” Leaders maintain “high expectations” and provide a “broad and ambitious curriculum” that prepares pupils well for the future. The inspection confirms that the school provides a good quality of education with effective leadership.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “positive attitudes to learning” in a “calm atmosphere” where “bullying seldom occurs.”
• The curriculum is “sequenced logically,” enabling pupils to gain “detailed knowledge” in subjects such as history and mathematics.
• Leaders have “prioritised reading,” resulting in pupils who “achieve highly” and read with “increasingly fluency.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) “achieve well” due to teaching that meets their specific needs.
• Staff receive “helpful professional development” and leaders are “sensitive to staff well-being.”

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, “assessment is not effective,” meaning teachers do not “identify and remedy gaps in pupils’ knowledge well enough.”
• Leaders should ensure assessment is used effectively across all subjects so that gaps in learning are “pinpointed and remedied.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective,” noting that staff receive training to identify risks and take “effective action to protect children.”