Holywell Village First School

Overview: Holywell Village First School is an outstanding school where pupils embody the school's values of being 'respectful', 'ready to learn', and 'thoughtful, caring, and kind'. Pupils show high levels of respect for all, including those different to themselves, and are exceptionally well behaved throughout the day. The school has a culture of very high expectations for all pupils, with highly effective support for pupils' learning.

Strengths:

• Pupils show high levels of respect for all, including those different to themselves.
• Pupils are exceptionally well behaved throughout the day.
• The school has a culture of very high expectations for all pupils.
• The highly ambitious curriculum has been well designed to support learning from the early years upwards.
• Pupils receive an early exposure to a wide range of careers.
• The school supports pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) very well.

Areas to improve: The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.