Broad Square Community Primary School

Overview

Pupils feel “safe, happy and loved” at this “caring school” where “positive relationships and respect are at the heart.” The inspection found that pupils “achieve well” across the school, with children in the early years achieving “exceptionally well” due to a “carefully designed curriculum.” Leaders have taken “effective action” to address previous weaknesses in reading, ensuring pupils are now “progressing well.”

Strengths

• The curriculum is “engaging and well-designed,” with teachers possessing the “subject knowledge and expertise” needed to deliver effective learning.
• Early years provision is outstanding; children are “confident, independent learners” who are “highly motivated” and ready for Year 1.
• Staff provide “swift and accurate identification” of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), adapting lessons so these pupils can access the “same ambitious curriculum as their peers.”
• Reading is prioritised through “structured daily reading lessons” and high-quality texts, helping pupils gain “reading stamina” to tackle complex material.
• Pupils enjoy a “wide range of extra-curricular activities” and take on responsibilities such as being “school councillors” and “well-being champions.”

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, staff do not provide “sufficient opportunities to remember their earlier learning,” leading to “gaps in their knowledge.” The school must ensure pupils develop “secure foundations on which to build new learning.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”