Greenhills Primary School

Overview

Inspectors visited Greenhills Primary School and Nursery Class in February 2024, finding a school characterised by strong leadership and effective teamwork. The report highlights a positive, inclusive environment where children are well nurtured, with particular praise for the nursery class and robust progress monitoring in primary stages.

Strengths

• The headteacher provides "highly effective leadership," managing change well through "robust self-evaluation" and a strong understanding of community needs.
• Staff demonstrate "very effective teamwork," creating an "inclusive, respectful learning environment" where all children are nurtured and their needs are met well.
• Primary staff use "robust approaches" to track progress, feeling empowered to enhance learning experiences.
• Nursery staff are skilled, interacting very well with children to support them in making "very good progress" in their learning.

Areas to improve

• Develop teaching and learning approaches to ensure children receive "appropriate challenge" and take a "stronger role in leading their own learning."
• Continue to raise attainment in literacy and numeracy, ensuring all children make the "best possible progress."
• In the nursery class, build on existing approaches to check progress to maintain high standards.

Safeguarding

The report states that staff have successfully created an "inclusive, respectful learning environment where all children are nurtured, and their needs are being met well," with evaluations of "Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" rated as "very good" for both primary and nursery stages.