Mansbridge Primary School

Overview

Mansbridge Primary School is described as an “ambitious and friendly school” where pupils “enjoy learning” and benefit from a supportive environment. The inspection found that leaders have successfully redesigned the curriculum, with a strong focus on early reading and phonics, ensuring pupils are equipped with the necessary skills to access all areas of learning. Staff maintain high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, who work towards the same ambitious goals as their peers.

Strengths

• Staff are “well trained to teach phonics” and follow a consistent scheme, helping pupils “keep up, not catch up” in reading.
• Leaders have “broadened and redesigned the school’s curriculum,” identifying and sequencing knowledge effectively in most subjects.
• Pupils behave well, are “polite and respectful,” and report that unkind behaviour is rare and dealt with swiftly.
• The school provides effective support for pupils with SEND, using resources and additional adults to ensure they reach learning goals.
• Leaders are “considerate of staff’s workload” and provide sufficient time for professional development.

Areas to improve

• In “a few foundation subjects,” leaders have not yet identified all the knowledge pupils need to learn, resulting in teachers lacking clarity on what to focus on.
• Leaders need to “further refine the curriculum in the foundation subjects” to identify the most important content.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective,” with clear systems in place to ensure pupils are safe and receive swift help when needed.