Kingsbrook View Primary Academy

Overview

Kingsbrook View Primary Academy is described as an “ambitious and inclusive school” with a “strong culture of respect and tolerance.” Pupils enjoy a “calm and purposeful learning environment” where they behave very well and feel happy and safe.

Strengths

• The curriculum is “well designed” and accounts for pupils starting with different prior knowledge, with teachers using routine checks to address gaps.
• Staff have “strong subject knowledge” and present information clearly, enabling pupils to “learn the curriculum well.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make “high levels of progress” due to high ambition and specialist staff training.
• Personal development is promoted well through a “comprehensive and growing variety of activities,” including trips and a ‘learning for life’ curriculum.
• Relationships are “positive and mutually respectful,” with pupils taking on responsibilities such as eco-counsellors and play leaders.

Areas to improve

• The school must address “variability in the support that pupils at the early stages of reading receive” by providing training to ensure all staff have sufficient skills.
• Leaders should “check carefully that additional support for these pupils leads to swift improvements in their reading.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”