Elmvale School

Overview

The inspection team found that children are “welcoming, well-mannered, confident and proud of their school,” contributing positively to its wider life. Staff foster “positive and caring relationships” with pupils, establishing a “supportive, respectful learning environment.” While attainment in numeracy and mathematics has improved, the report notes that learning, teaching and assessment is currently “satisfactory,” whereas raising attainment and achievement is “good.”

Strengths

• Children are described as “welcoming, well-mannered, confident and proud of their school” and eagerly participate in improvement groups.
• Staff “foster positive and caring relationships with children and know children and families well,” creating a supportive atmosphere.
• Staff have “improved their approaches to teaching numeracy and mathematics across the school,” resulting in improved attainment.

Areas to improve

• Teachers should “continue to improve the quality and consistency of learning, teaching and assessment across the school,” including better planning to meet children’s needs.
• Senior leaders should support teachers to “improve their ability to assess children’s progress accurately” and apply national standards confidently.
• Staff should “continue to raise the attainment of children in literacy and numeracy” and ensure high expectations for all pupils.

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific statements regarding safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.