Glenleigh Park Primary Academy

Overview

The report describes a school with a “well-established, welcoming and inclusive community ethos” where staff support pupils “highly effectively.” Leaders maintain “high ambitions for all pupils to achieve well,” including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), within a “warm, trusting” environment.

Strengths

• The curriculum is “expertly planned” and “well constructed,” with knowledge broken down into “small steps of learning” to help pupils access content.
• Reading is “prioritised across the school” through daily supported sessions, resulting in a “passion for reading” among staff and pupils.
• Pupils are “polite and respectful,” developing into “self-assured and confident individuals” through bespoke pastoral support and leadership roles.
• Personal development is strong, with pupils showing “high levels of acceptance towards different cultures” and understanding concepts like stereotyping.

Areas to improve

• In some recently developed subjects, teaching is “not yet consistently helping pupils to achieve as highly,” as tasks do not always enable pupils to “link and apply their knowledge.”
• The school must ensure the “full implementation of the curriculum” is consistent, as some teachers do not always design tasks that “deepen pupils’ knowledge and learning over time.”
• Attendance remains an issue for a “minority of pupils who are absent too often,” causing them to miss “vital learning.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”