Clockhouse Primary School

Overview: Clockhouse Primary School is an outstanding school where pupils thrive in a supportive and inspiring environment. They participate enthusiastically in lessons, develop as independent learners, and achieve consistently highly across subjects.

Strengths:

• Pupils develop as independent learners who are ready for secondary school.
• Staff have high expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND or from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• The school provides a rich and well-taught curriculum, with a strong focus on securing strong foundations in all areas of learning.
• Pupils learn an aspirational and demanding curriculum, with academic learning, school values, and life skills anchored to a programme called '100 things to do before I leave Clockhouse'.
• The school has a well-stocked library and pupils enjoy choosing and exploring different books.
• Staff ensure that pupils with SEND learn the same broad and ambitious curriculum, with adaptations made as needed.

Areas to improve: The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders ensuring that staff are well-trained to recognise and report concerns, and pupils are confident to report concerns and know that adults will help them.