Lane End Primary School

Overview: Lane End Primary School provides a high level of care for all pupils, with a strong focus on their well-being and development. Pupils enjoy school and understand the school values, which help them develop positive relationships with adults and each other. Leaders have high ambitions for all pupils and instil a strong sense of cooperation and teamwork.

Strengths:

• Staff make time to join in with daily activities, showing their dedication and passion for children's well-being.
• Pupils enjoy participating in extra-curricular activities and other opportunities that complement the curriculum.
• The school offers exciting opportunities beyond the academic, including enrichment activities for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Staff provide pupils with opportunities to act for the good of others and promote independence and self-regulation.
• The school's communication team and play leaders provide pupils with opportunities to develop their cultural development.

Areas to improve:

• In some subjects, staff give pupils tasks that do not focus specifically enough on the knowledge that pupils need to learn, making it difficult for pupils to understand and retain key information over time.
• In the foundation subjects, the assessments leaders have designed do not tell teachers what they need to know about pupils' understanding, and pupils are not supported as well as they could be to get better in these subjects.
• Leaders have not sufficiently prioritised the development of the curriculum across the foundation subjects, and there is not sufficient oversight of pupils' learning from Reception to Year 6.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders having established a strong culture of safeguarding, staff receiving regular training and safeguarding updates, and effective relationships with external agencies.