Eden Park Academy

Overview: Eden Park Academy is a primary school that requires improvement in the quality of education and leadership and management. The school has a welcoming and caring atmosphere, with positive relationships between adults and pupils. However, the quality of education is not yet good, and pupils do not acquire the knowledge and skills they need to achieve well.

Strengths:

• Pupils are polite and friendly to visitors, and the relationships between adults and pupils are positive.
• The school ensures that all pupils have equal opportunities to attend extra-curricular activities, including pupils with SEND.
• The school celebrates reading in many ways, including events like 'book and a biscuit' that encourage parents to read with their children.
• Older pupils hold positions of responsibility, such as librarians and school council, which helps them understand leadership.

Areas to improve:

• The school must ensure that the curriculum is implemented effectively, so that pupils know and remember more, and are well prepared for their next stage in education.
• The school should ensure that its systems for monitoring and improving attendance for all groups of pupils are designed to quickly identify the barriers to attendance for pupils at risk of becoming persistently absent.
• The trust and the governors’ oversight of the effectiveness of the school’s work needs to improve.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.