Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School

Overview

Pupils are described as “happy, safe and enjoy attending this school,” contributing to a “warm, caring and welcoming feel.” However, the report states that the school has “not yet fully realised” its ambition to provide a high-quality education, with achievement in some subjects falling below national standards.

Strengths

• Pupils are “polite and courteous,” with older pupils acting as “positive role models” and taking pride in leadership roles.
• The curriculum is “broad” and, in established subjects, has a “clear structure” that helps pupils “build their learning over time.”
• Children make a “strong start to learning to read” in Reception, with books “well matched to their phonics knowledge.”
• Personal, social and health education provides an “age-appropriate understanding” of topics such as consent and healthy relationships.
• Staff feel “supported by leaders” and benefit from opportunities to observe practice in other schools.

Areas to improve

• The curriculum in some subjects is at an “early stage of development” and does not consistently allow pupils to “build on what they have previously learned.”
• Teachers do not “adapt learning for pupils with SEND consistently well,” hindering their ability to achieve.
• Leaders do not “routinely and accurately check the impact of actions” to support learning, reducing the speed of improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are “effective,” though the school must refine recording procedures to ensure concerns are documented “in a consistent manner.”