Hollybank Primary School

Overview

This monitoring inspection evaluated how effectively leadership uses self-evaluation to drive improvement, focusing specifically on literacy standards. The report confirms that actions taken to raise reading and writing standards have had a positive impact on learner outcomes. However, it identifies specific areas requiring continued focus to ensure consistent evaluation and further skill development.

Strengths

• The senior leadership team effectively uses data analysis to identify underachievement and guide staff development.
• Guided reading training has established a "consistent approach to the planning and evaluation of reading sessions across the key stages."
• Children in Key Stage 2 are "increasingly confident to write for a range of purposes" and are beginning to use levelled targets for self-assessment.

Areas to improve

• The school must "continue to raise the standards of the children’s literacy skills" by integrating reading, writing, talking, and listening into "real life and meaningful contexts across the curriculum."
• Evaluations of learning and teaching at all levels need to "focus more consistently... on the outcomes for the children."

Safeguarding

The report states that safeguarding arrangements are "satisfactory" and reflect departmental guidance, though work remains to complete governor training and ensure parents are fully aware of key policy documents.