Herbert Thompson Primary

Overview

Herbert Thompson Primary places high priority on pupil well-being and developing aspirations, with compassionate leadership supporting every pupil’s success. The school is praised for its impressive focus on individual improvement, resulting in most pupils making strong progress from their starting points. Pupils feel safe, valued, and emotionally supported, showing great pride and perseverance in their learning.

Strengths

• Leaders and teachers provide a "vast array of bespoke support" to meet individual needs, including for those with additional learning needs or barriers to learning.
• Most pupils make "strong progress in many areas of learning from their individual starting points."
• Pupils show "great pride in their school" and enjoy roles of responsibility, such as acting as “Learning Friends” to younger peers.
• The school successfully supports youngest pupils, helping them quickly enjoy learning and make good progress in all aspects of development.
• Initiatives like the edible garden and pay-as-you-go shop effectively support the drive to "reduce the impact of high costs of living on pupils and families."

Areas to improve

• Improve the approach to teaching so that pupils can apply numeracy skills across the curriculum and in real situations.
• Refine provision to enable pupils to exercise more independence in their learning.
• Continue to refine curriculum planning to ensure pupils have suitably authentic opportunities to develop their learning.

Safeguarding

Across the school, all pupils feel safe, valued, and emotionally well supported.