Crawforddyke Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that Crawforddyke Primary School is “led ably by the headteacher,” fostering a “warm, welcoming ethos and culture” firmly based on children’s rights. Children are described as “enthusiastic learners” who are “highly-motivated and making good progress in their learning.” The report confirms the school has the capacity to continue to improve, with no further visits required.

Strengths

• Staff have created an inclusive environment where “all staff and children are fully included in the life and work of the school.”
• Children demonstrate strong values, including “kindness, caring, self-confidence, determination, courage and respect,” and behave well.
• Teachers provide “consistently high-quality, meaningful and relevant learning” that meets children’s needs well.
• The evaluation for “Learning, teaching and assessment” was judged as “very good.”

Areas to improve

• All staff should “continue to raise attainment in literacy and numeracy across the school” and focus on “improving children’s writing skills in all genres.”
• Teachers should develop a “clearer focus on supporting children to identify, recognise and track the skills they are developing across the curriculum.”

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s culture is “based firmly on children’s rights” and that “all staff and children are fully included in the life and work of the school.”