Griffin Primary School

Overview

Griffin Primary School provides an education that meets the expected standard, with pupils achieving well and feeling safe in a supportive environment. While the curriculum is broad and inclusive, the report highlights that attendance rates remain below national averages and teaching quality is inconsistent across some subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils, "achieve well" and are "ready for the next stage of their education."
• The school is "inclusive," with staff providing "personalised support" and "bespoke resources" to help pupils overcome barriers to learning.
• The early years curriculum is "effective," ensuring children secure key knowledge in reading, writing, and mathematics for a "confident start."
• Staff create a "welcoming and supportive atmosphere" where pupils "feel known and valued" and demonstrate "positive relationships."
• The pastoral provision is a "strength," with staff checking in with vulnerable pupils and working closely with families to remove barriers to wellbeing.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must sustain their strategy to tackle pupil absence, as "too many pupils miss important learning" and attendance remains below national averages.
• Leaders should ensure the curriculum is "consistently taught well" so pupils build detailed knowledge, as some activities are "not well matched to pupils’ learning needs."
• Leaders need to address gaps in knowledge in a "small number of subjects" where pupils do not have regular opportunities to revisit and recall important information.

Safeguarding

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