Cadle Primary School

Overview

Cadle Primary School is described as a “happy, caring and homely community” where staff foster an “inclusive and friendly ethos.” Most pupils make good progress, with emotional well-being serving as the “root of all success,” supported by a positive environment and effective teaching for those with additional learning needs.

Strengths

• The school maintains a “happy, caring and homely community” where pupils are “polite and behave respectfully.”
• Pupils with additional learning needs and those in the specialist teaching facility “make good progress” from their individual starting points.
• Teachers successfully support learners in developing “literacy and numeracy skills” through clear objectives and engaging experiences.
• The acting headteacher has built a “strong team” with a “clear sense of trust between pupils and staff.”
• The governing body is “very supportive and well informed,” contributing to the school’s inclusive environment.

Areas to improve

• Teachers should provide more opportunities for younger pupils to “take responsibility for their own learning and become independent learners,” particularly in the outdoor area.
• The school must ensure the pupil development grant is used “consistently to support the literacy and numeracy skills of all vulnerable pupils,” especially those who are more able.
• Opportunities to develop pupils’ information and communication technology (ICT) skills are “not developed well enough” and require improvement.

Safeguarding

The report highlights that pupils’ “emotional well-being is the root of all success” and notes the use of funding to support vulnerable pupils, though it identifies inconsistencies in how this support is applied to developing skills.