Cornerstone CofE (VA) Primary School

Overview

This ungraded inspection found that the school’s work “may have improved significantly across all areas” since the previous inspection, prompting a future graded inspection. Pupils “thrive in this friendly and purposeful school,” benefiting from a “positive learning ethos” and “warm relationships with staff.” The report highlights a “broad and ambitious” curriculum and “impeccable” behaviour, noting that pupils achieve highly and feel like part of a ‘family’.

Strengths

• The curriculum is “broad and ambitious,” with knowledge “carefully arranged” using “small steps” to help pupils build “real understanding across subjects.”
• Teachers possess “strong subject knowledge,” providing “clear explanations” and “precise feedback” that helps all pupils, including those with SEND, “achieve highly.”
• Behaviour is described as “impeccable” and “exemplary,” with pupils demonstrating “kind and considerate conduct” and working well together.
• Reading is of “paramount importance,” with skilled teaching and “high-quality targeted support” ensuring struggling pupils “catch up rapidly.”
• The needs of pupils with SEND are “sharply identified,” with effective adaptations allowing them to complete “demanding work” and “achieve strongly.”

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.