Gledfield Primary School

Overview

The inspection highlights a "warm and welcoming learning environment" where children feel "safe, valued and happy," supported by "positive and caring relationships" with staff. While the nursery class demonstrates "very effective teamwork" and high-quality experiences, the primary school requires additional support and time to address weaknesses in leadership and teaching. The report notes that the headteacher has provided "much needed stability," enabling the school to begin its "improvement journey."

Strengths

• "Positive and caring relationships between staff and children based on mutual respect and kindness."
• "Clear and supportive leadership of the headteacher" offering "stability and reassurance."
• "Very effective teamwork in the nursery," where practitioners provide "high-quality experiences" impacting progress positively.
• A "warm and welcoming learning environment" in which children feel "safe, valued and happy."

Areas to improve

• Improve "approaches to self-evaluation" to identify and address areas for improvement with a focus on outcomes.
• Improve "approaches to learning and teaching" to ensure "consistently high-quality learning experiences across the school."
• Review "approaches to planning for each curriculum area" to ensure progression, breadth, and depth matched to children’s needs.
• Develop approaches for "checking children’s progress" and using key information to raise attainment.

Safeguarding

The report states that the positive relationships and environment result in children feeling "safe, valued and happy," and the evaluation for "Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" is rated as "satisfactory."