Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary School

Overview

This is a “caring and nurturing school” where pupils are “happy and feel safe.” The report highlights a “broad, relevant and exciting” curriculum with “high aspirations for all pupils,” resulting in strong academic progress and exceptional personal development.

Strengths

• Relationships between staff and pupils are “warm and respectful,” fostering a strong sense of community.
• Teachers possess “strong subject knowledge” and use effective strategies, such as revisiting prior learning, to help pupils remember key concepts.
• Reading is a clear priority; staff are “experts in the teaching of reading,” and pupils “achieve very well in phonics.”
• The school promotes pupils’ wider development “exceptionally well,” building confidence, resilience, and a sense of global citizenship.
• Pupils demonstrate high attendance and are “eager, enthusiastic and generally engage well in their learning.”

Areas to improve

• In “a few areas of the curriculum, learning is not always adapted effectively to support pupils with SEND,” meaning some do not learn or remember content well.
• Leaders must ensure teachers understand the “small sequential steps” required so that all pupils, including those with special educational needs, can achieve well.

Safeguarding

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