Hollington Primary School

Overview

Hollington Primary School is fulfilling the “expected standard” of education and care. The report describes a school where pupils “feel safe” and “enjoy attending,” with leaders who “know their pupils and the community they serve well.” Recent improvements in attendance and behaviour have created a “calm and settled” environment, while pupils “typically achieve well from their starting points.”

Strengths

• Pupils “acquire the knowledge and skills that they need to be well prepared for their next stages in education,” with significant recent improvement in outcomes.
• Leaders “prioritise reading from the moment pupils begin,” ensuring early success in phonics and literacy.
• The school is “inclusive,” with clear processes to identify barriers and provide timely support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Staff establish “warm and nurturing relationships,” helping children settle quickly and fostering a culture where bullying is “rare.”
• Governors and trustees “support and challenge leaders constructively,” ensuring effective oversight and staff wellbeing.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should ensure their attendance strategy “continues to reduce persistent absence and improve attendance.”
• Teachers should use checks on learning to “adapt their teaching precisely so that pupils achieve highly across subjects,” as some adaptations are currently not precise enough.
• Leaders should “continue to embed and strengthen consistency in the teaching of writing, including spelling and handwriting, across all subjects.”

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with an “open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility” ensuring pupils are “made safer and feel safe.”