Langtree Community School and Nursery Unit

Overview: Langtree Community School and Nursery Unit is a good school where pupils are happy, friendly, and welcoming. They enjoy learning a range of subjects and are motivated to learn. The school has a calm, harmonious learning environment and staff have very positive relationships with pupils.

Strengths:

• Pupils are happy, friendly, and welcoming.
• Pupils enjoy learning a range of subjects and are motivated to learn.
• The school has a calm, harmonious learning environment.
• Staff have very positive relationships with pupils.
• Pupils develop a good understanding of the wider world through the curriculum.
• Pupils learn about relationships and consent, the importance of freedom of speech, the rule of law, and democracy.

Areas to improve:

• Leaders have not communicated with parents well enough about aspects of the school’s work, leading to some parents expressing negative views.
• Leaders have not ensured that the well-planned curriculum in a minority of subjects is taught effectively, resulting in pupils not learning as well as they intend.
• Leaders should develop stronger links with parents to engage with them in a constructive way.
• Leaders should ensure that all staff understand the curriculum in all subjects and implement it with fidelity.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Leaders and staff know pupils very well, are vigilant and aware of pupils’ contextual vulnerabilities, and have ensured that staff are well trained in safeguarding and report their concerns swiftly.