Longford Park Primary School

Overview

Longford Park Primary School is described as a welcoming community where pupils feel “known, valued and supported.” Leaders have established a “highly positive culture” with strong attendance and behaviour, while the curriculum is “ambitious in breadth and depth.” Most pupils achieve well, though leaders are determined to raise standards further in specific areas.

Strengths

• Attendance is “consistently above national figures” due to “swift, well-targeted action” by leaders.
• Behaviour is “calm and respectful,” with bullying being “very rare” and staff acting “quickly and effectively.”
• Inclusion is “at the heart of the school’s work,” with “relentless commitment” to removing barriers for all pupils.
• Early years provision is strong, with children making “significant progress” and securing “early reading fluency.”
• Staff feel “valued, supported and trusted,” benefiting from “high-quality training” and effective workload management.

Areas to improve

• Embed “consistent handwriting expectations” so pupils develop “fluent, legible writing.”
• Deepen pupils’ “recall of key knowledge across the curriculum” to help them “know more, remember more.”
• Support pupils to “apply their knowledge accurately” in wider curriculum subjects to match standards in other areas.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an “open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility” and concerns are “actively identified, acted upon and managed.”