Ebbsfleet Green Primary School

Overview

Pupils are described as “happy and well cared for” in this school, which is “at the heart of the Ebbsfleet Green community.” Leaders maintain “high expectations for behaviour,” resulting in pupils who “approach their learning positively” and “concentrate well in lessons.” The school fosters a strong sense of community through values such as “growth, respect, enjoyment, aspiration and togetherness.”

Strengths

• The curriculum is “logically sequenced” with precise knowledge and skills captured for each topic, term, and year group.
• Teachers are “experts at teaching” reading, providing daily phonics lessons and ensuring pupils read books that “closely match the sounds covered.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are identified quickly and receive adapted support to learn “the same content as their peers.”
• Children have a “secure start to their education” in the early years, becoming confident in using language through stories, songs, and rhymes.
• Safeguarding arrangements are “effective,” with staff trained to recognise warning signs and leaders who “challenge external agencies” to ensure pupils receive appropriate help.

Areas to improve

• Leadership of the curriculum is “less well developed in a few subjects,” such as art and religious education, where teachers lack a “deep understanding of the content.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective,” noting that staff know reporting procedures and leaders “track these carefully and follow up on reports quickly.”