Kinlet CofE Primary School

Overview

Kinlet CofE Primary School is described as a “calm, happy school” where pupils feel safe and value friendships. However, the report states that the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision all “Require improvement.” Consequently, pupils are “not sufficiently well prepared for the next stage of their education” due to curriculum and assessment weaknesses.

Strengths

• The school prioritises early reading with a “consistent” phonics approach, resulting in pupils who “speak enthusiastically about their love of reading.”
• Attendance systems are “effective,” with actions that “strongly support pupils in attending regularly.”
• Pupils settle well in the early years, forming “positive relationships” with staff who “know the children well.”
• The school fosters a culture based on values such as “respect, tolerance, thankfulness, resilience and courage.”
• Staff are “supportive of the school’s leadership” and “proud to be part of the school.”

Areas to improve

• The curriculum in the early years and some subjects does not clearly define “precise knowledge and essentials skills,” meaning learning is “not well sequenced.”
• There is no “systematic approach to the use of assessment,” so gaps in learning and misconceptions are “not routinely identified and addressed.”
• The school does not check the impact of its work “consistently and rigorously well enough,” hindering the evaluation of improvement actions.

Safeguarding

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