Hounslow Town Primary School

Overview

Hounslow Town Primary School is described as a “welcoming, inclusive place” where pupils are “listened to, supported and well prepared for life beyond school.” The report highlights a “strong standard” in inclusion, with leaders creating a culture where “all pupils are valued and supported,” particularly those with special educational needs or disabilities. While most inspection areas meet the “expected standard,” the school demonstrates effective leadership and positive pupil behaviour.

Strengths

• Inclusion is at the “forefront of the school’s work,” with “high expectations for all pupils” and “extensive” support for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.
• Pupils feel “safe and well cared for,” with “positive relationships” and a culture where bullying is rare and issues are “resolved quickly and fairly.”
• Staff build “warm relationships” with children and parents, and the early years curriculum provides a “positive start” with a “clear vision.”
• The school offers a “comprehensive” personal, social, health and economic education curriculum, helping pupils understand “fundamental British values” and online safety.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must implement strategies to improve the attendance of pupils who remain “persistently absent.”
• Leaders should continue raising standards of attainment in writing, as the quality of written work is “not supported as consistently” across the curriculum.
• Leaders need to ensure “highly effective teaching is embedded” so all pupils securely know and remember learning, and improve the “precision and accuracy” of their evaluation of school performance.

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.”