Ceres Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that Ceres Primary School and Nursery Class benefits from "effective leadership" that has created a "culture of shared school improvement." Staff have developed "extremely positive and nurturing relationships" with children, resulting in pupils who are "welcoming, confident and proud of their school" and make "very good progress in learning."

Strengths

• The headteacher’s leadership is described as "effective," empowering staff to lead change and secure "positive outcomes for children."
• Staff in both the school and nursery have built "extremely positive and nurturing relationships" that help children "engage very well in learning experiences."
• Children are characterised as "confident learners" whose needs are being met, with staff skilled in supporting their wellbeing.
• The report notes that children "understand what good wellbeing looks like" and have "many opportunities to be successful."

Areas to improve

• Staff should "develop further children’s leadership opportunities" to support them in contributing more fully to school improvement.
• Staff should "continue to develop high-quality approaches to learning and teaching consistently across classes" by sharing good practice and looking outwards.

Safeguarding

The report states that staff are "skilled in supporting children’s wellbeing," ensuring that children’s needs are being met and that they understand what good wellbeing looks like.