Claypool Primary School

Overview

Claypool Primary School is described as having a “supportive, inclusive environment” with “calm and respectful” behaviour. While safeguarding standards are met and attendance has improved, the report notes that past achievement in reading and mathematics was weak, leaving some pupils “not well prepared for key stage 3.” Leaders have taken “decisive action” to address these issues, and current pupils are now “progressing well through the curriculum.”

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met, with an “open culture” where concerns are “actively identified, acted upon and managed.”
• Attendance and behaviour are at an expected standard, with leaders tracking absences closely and pupils showing “positive attitudes to learning.”
• The early years curriculum is “well designed,” helping children build knowledge step-by-step with a strong focus on communication and language.
• Inclusion is effective, with leaders identifying needs well and the SEN unit providing a “highly bespoke curriculum” that supports individual needs.
• Personal development is clear and well-organised, helping pupils become “resilient, kind and respectful” and understand fundamental British values.

Areas to improve

• Staff supporting older pupils’ reading must develop the expertise needed to help them read with “increasing fluency and accuracy.”
• Teachers must adapt teaching equally well across all subjects to remove obstacles for pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Leaders should strengthen the consistency of assessment approaches to ensure errors are addressed “in a timely and effective manner.”
• Teachers must provide high-quality opportunities for pupils to extend their writing to develop “composition skills and writing stamina.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “safeguarding standards are met,” meaning leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and pupils are made safer.