CARNO C.P. SCHOOL

Overview

The report describes a school with "innovative leadership" and an ethos of "continuous improvement" that is integral to its make-up. Staff maintain "very high expectations" for pupil wellbeing and progress, resulting in pupils becoming "ambitious, confident, knowledgeable and creative learners." The federation arrangement is highlighted as beneficial, with leaders ensuring "standards and provision that are at least good and have obvious features of excellence."

Strengths

• Teachers "weave literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology (ICT) skills skilfully throughout the curriculum," leading to "excellent standards and provision."
• Pupils make progress that is "far higher than expected," with "robustly good" numeracy and "very sound" reading skills.
• The curriculum is "highly effective and creative," enriched by specialists, visitors, and real-world entrepreneurial projects.
• "Procedures for self-evaluation and planning for improvement are excellent," creating "valid and credible evaluations" of provision.
• Pupils demonstrate "positive attitudes to learning," are "very well behaved," and feel "safe and happy" in a "caring and friendly" environment.

Areas to improve

• Ensure that "progress-tracking procedures are manageable and that teachers use them efficiently to extend learning."
• "Broaden opportunities for pupils in the foundation phase to make regular choices about their learning."

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s arrangements for safeguarding pupils "meet requirements and are not a cause for concern."