Dunsville Primary School

Overview

Dunsville Primary School is judged as ‘Good’ across all inspection categories, marking a significant improvement from its previous ‘Requires improvement’ rating. The report describes a vibrant environment where ‘pupils thrive’ and ‘flourish’, supported by strong relationships and high expectations from staff. Leaders have successfully implemented an ambitious curriculum that builds knowledge year on year, ensuring pupils achieve well across a range of subjects.

Strengths

• ‘Relationships between adults and pupils are strong’, with staff acting as ‘excellent role models’ who work well as a team.
• Pupils ‘behave well and have very positive attitudes to learning’, with bullying and discriminatory language being ‘very rare’.
• Reading is a ‘key priority’, with effective phonics teaching and books ‘accurately matched to children’s reading ability’.
• There is an ‘effective and consistent approach to teaching’ across the school, with teachers receiving ‘high-quality support’ from leaders.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are ‘identified quickly and receive appropriate support’, allowing them to ‘do well’.

Areas to improve

• The modern foreign languages (MFL) curriculum is ‘still in its early stages’, and pupils have ‘not had sufficient formative experience to acquire the knowledge required to progress well’.
• Leaders must ensure the whole MFL curriculum is ‘well planned’ and that teachers effectively check what pupils know and remember to address gaps in knowledge.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are ‘effective’, with staff receiving regular training and consistently using procedures to ensure pupils’ safety is the ‘highest priority’.