Buttercup Primary School

Overview: Buttercup Primary School provides effective support to pupils who join part way through the academic year, with a focus on pupil mental health and well-being. The school promotes high aspirations for the future and provides a range of educational visits to broaden pupils' horizons. However, pupils do not achieve equally well across the breadth of the curriculum.

Strengths:

• Pupils study a range of subjects in line with the national curriculum.
• The school curriculum documents include appropriate subject content.
• Pupils are taught to use appropriate mathematical terminology, which they use confidently.
• The school provides extensive opportunities to support pupils' personal development.
• The proprietor ensures there is appropriate support and challenge in place.

Areas to improve:

• The school has not ensured that staff are well prepared to teach the full breadth of the curriculum.
• The school has not put in place a consistent approach to assessment, meaning that in the wider curriculum, gaps in pupils' knowledge and misconceptions are not identified or addressed.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.