Edwards Primary School

Overview

Edwards Primary School and Nursery Unit continues to demonstrate a "high level of capacity for sustained improvement" following a previous evaluation of outstanding effectiveness. The inspection confirmed that the school effectively uses self-evaluation and development planning to drive progress, with particular success in literacy and numeracy.

Strengths

• The school has developed "activity-based and cross-curricular provision within the literacy programme" across all key stages, including age-appropriate links with the nursery unit.
• A focused project on Shakespeare in Key Stage 2 has created "considerable interest and enthusiasm" for literacy and language among pupils.
• Performance data is "analysed rigorously" to track progress in numeracy and literacy, enabling appropriate interventions.
• "Almost all of the children are achieving in line with or above expectations," with a significant rise in the number overachieving in both subjects.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

Arrangements for safeguarding "continue to reflect the guidance issued by the relevant Departments," and children report that they feel safe and know what to do if they have concerns.