Harmony Primary School

Overview

Harmony Primary School is described as a dynamic and thriving institution where children and staff are living out a shared vision of a ‘nurturing, safe and supportive environment’. The report highlights an effective organisational structure that empowers staff, alongside highly effective support for children with special educational needs and strong community engagement through a new Family Hub.

Strengths

• The school provides a ‘nurturing, safe and supportive environment’ underpinned by values of ‘co-operation, compassion, respect, equality and open-mindedness’.
• ‘Highly effective support’ ensures early identification of needs for children with special educational needs, enabling them to make good progress.
• Significant work on outdoor learning is ‘facilitating effectively the development of the children’s curiosity, exploration and investigative skills’.
• The creation of a Family Hub is ‘successfully establishing the school at the heart of the community’ with an ‘immensely positive impact’ on wellbeing.
• A culture of collaborative working is evident, with staff taking responsibility for ‘research-informed’ professional learning.

Areas to improve

• Raise further the standards achieved by children in literacy and numeracy.
• Review planning for numeracy to ensure greater continuity and progression across all year groups.
• Enhance self-assessment approaches to enable children to set learning targets and take greater ownership of their progress.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the arrangements for child protection align to the current statutory guidance’.