Crosslee Community Primary School

Overview

Crosslee Community Primary School is fulfilling the expected standard of education, with safeguarding standards met. Leaders have worked resolutely to address historic failings since joining the trust, resulting in much-improved approaches to inclusion, curriculum, and behaviour. While the school environment is now calm and orderly, it is too soon to see the full impact of these improvements on pupils’ long-term achievement and attendance.

Strengths

• Leaders have adopted an “ambitious and knowledge-rich curriculum” that builds pupils’ knowledge in a logical order.
• Staff implement the curriculum well, providing clear explanations and checking understanding through “effective questioning techniques.”
• The school has created a “welcoming” environment for all, with robust systems to identify and support pupils with additional needs.
• Pupils behave well, are “polite and well mannered,” and benefit from positive, nurturing relationships with staff.
• Parents and carers are positive about the school, appreciating the improved relationships and support for their families.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure pupils’ achievement continues to improve and that “gaps in learning close quickly,” particularly in reading and writing.
• Leaders should continue their work to improve attendance levels and reduce “persistent absence,” which remains above national averages.
• Leaders should strengthen the quality of staff practice in the early years to ensure children “learn consistently well.”

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an open culture where safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed.