Lerryn CofE Primary School

Overview

Lerryn CofE Primary School is described as a nurturing environment where pupils are “rightly proud” and feel part of a “giant family.” The report highlights that staff develop strong, positive relationships with pupils, fostering confidence and success. Overall, the school is judged to be effective in delivering a high-quality education with good behaviour and personal development.

Strengths

• The curriculum has seen “rapid improvements” through trust support, with subjects like mathematics featuring clearly sequenced knowledge that helps pupils “deepen their knowledge well over time.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive precise support and learning targets, allowing them to “learn successfully alongside their peers.”
• Reading is taught effectively with well-matched groups and phonics-based books, promoting fluency and a “love of reading” through initiatives like ‘reading buddies’.
• Pupils demonstrate “positive attitudes to their learning,” understand school rules, and show respect for difference, preparing them to be “respectful citizens.”
• The school offers valued wider opportunities, including extra-curricular clubs, residential visits, and participation in local community events.

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, the essential knowledge pupils need to know is “not identified with enough precision,” leading to gaps in learning. The trust must ensure precise knowledge is sequenced across all subjects.

Safeguarding

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