Bushes Primary School

Overview

The inspection found that Bushes Primary School and its Early Learning and Childcare Class benefit from "strong, strategic leadership" and a shared "ambitious vision." Staff build "nurturing relationships" that create a "positive and warm learning environment," resulting in "consistently high levels of attainment and achievement" for all children.

Strengths

• Leaders provide "strong, strategic leadership" with an "ambitious vision" that is "shared by all staff."
• Children are described as "kind, caring" and "keen to learn," demonstrating the school’s values clearly.
• Staff build "nurturing relationships based on mutual respect, understanding and kindness," ensuring children feel "safe and happy."
• Effective use of data and partnership with parents ensures "consistently high levels of attainment and achievement at all levels."

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders should enable children to "contribute more effectively to school improvement."
• Leaders must ensure learning and teaching are "consistently high-quality," giving children more chances to "take the lead in their learning" and be "challenged."
• Staff should "continue to develop children’s digital skills."

Safeguarding

The report states that staff build relationships which create an environment where "children feel safe and happy," and notes that the quality indicator for "Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" was evaluated as "very good."