Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Overview

Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School continues to be a good school, characterised by a “strong sense of family and belonging.” Pupils are “respectful” and “happy to be part of the school,” benefiting from a “calm, purposeful and orderly” environment where staff maintain high expectations for behaviour.

Strengths

• Leaders prioritise pupils’ personal development, with “very positive” pastoral care that nurtures pupils to become “confident, resilient and successful.”
• The curriculum in subjects such as mathematics, computing and physical education is “ambitious and well sequenced,” enabling pupils to build learning effectively over time.
• Reading is a clear priority; staff use “consistent techniques” to support fluency, and all pupils engage in daily reading, developing a “love of reading.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are “well supported,” with teachers adapting their teaching to cater for individual needs.
• Governors and leaders work collaboratively with a “strong moral purpose,” actively supporting staff well-being and challenging leaders appropriately.

Areas to improve

• Some subject curriculums, specifically in geography and art, are “less ambitious” and lack the necessary aspiration to ensure pupils achieve as highly as they should.
• Leaders must ensure all subject curriculums are “equally ambitious” so that pupils can build key learning over time across all subjects.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders establishing a “strong culture of safeguarding” and staff receiving regular training to know their responsibilities well.