Greave Primary School

Overview

Greave Primary School is fulfilling the expected standard of education. Leaders have driven improvements so that pupils’ attainment in reading, writing, and mathematics is now “broadly in line with national averages.” The school fosters a “calm, orderly and respectful environment” where pupils feel safe, valued, and well-prepared for secondary school.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “positive behaviour and attitudes,” with staff and pupils sharing relationships “characterised by kindness and courtesy.”
• The curriculum is “ambitious and logically ordered,” using high-quality stories to build a “love of words and reading.”
• Attendance has improved through targeted strategies, with overall absence rates below the national average.
• Inclusion is central to the school’s work, with robust systems ensuring disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs achieve “broadly in line with their peers.”
• Early years provision is effective, with children making a “successful start” through consistent phonics teaching and responsive interactions.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure rigorous checks on understanding are consistently carried out to address misconceptions in handwriting, spelling, and punctuation “promptly.”
• Leaders should ensure pupils learn the curriculum in “sufficient depth” to reflect in high attainment.
• Leaders should further embed the personal development programme so pupils consistently demonstrate understanding of different faiths, backgrounds, and beliefs.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an “open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility” and concerns actively identified and managed.