Grangetown Primary School

Overview: Grangetown Primary School is a good school where pupils feel happy, safe, and well cared for. The school has a strong sense of community and pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning.

Strengths:

• Pupils feel happy, safe, and well cared for in a strong sense of community.
• Pupils are respectful and behave well.
• The school provides opportunities for pupils to take part in events, such as performances for parents, and to attend a wide variety of clubs.
• The school has a well-organised curriculum in the early years and a strong provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Staff in the school feel valued and leaders consider their workload and well-being.

Areas to improve:

• Teachers do not always identify misunderstandings in pupils' work, such as incorrect letter and number formation, which means that some pupils make the same mistakes repeatedly.
• Some subject leaders do not have sufficient understanding of the early years curriculum, which means that they cannot check whether the curriculum plans that are in place are being implemented effectively.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders knowing pupils and their families well, pupils who may be at risk of harm being identified quickly, and appropriate support being put in place to support both the pupil and their family.