Cherry Orchard Primary School

Overview: Cherry Orchard Primary School has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection, with pupils feeling safe and well looked after, and leaders and staff knowing each pupil well.

Strengths:

• Pupils love coming to school because they are well looked after.
• The school provides a well-planned curriculum that thoughtfully builds on what pupils already know and can do.
• Pupils achieve well, with effective support, and in writing in particular, pupils achieve exceptionally well by the end of Year 6.
• The school trusts pupils to take on leadership roles, including as school council representatives.
• The school provides a calm and focused atmosphere, with positive relationships between pupils and adults.

Areas to improve:

• The curriculum is not fully supporting some pupils who are struggling with early writing skills, particularly when forming numbers and letters.
• Sometimes, the curriculum is not reinforcing and deepening pupils’ understanding of subject-specific vocabulary.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.