Milford Primary School

Overview

Milford Primary School is described as a “kind and caring school” where pupils are “friendly and polite” and demonstrate “positive attitudes to learning.” The inspection confirms that the school has “taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection,” with staff building “warm and trusting relationships” that ensure pupils feel “happy and safe.”

Strengths

• The school provides an “ambitious curriculum” with “high expectations for every pupil,” supported by clear teaching and “high-quality resources.”
• Reading is strongly prioritised, with children acquiring “strong phonics knowledge” and developing into “confident and fluent readers” who “delight in the books read to them.”
• Effective strategies support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), including “sensory circuits” and “small group support” to help them self-regulate.
• Pupils benefit from extensive enrichment opportunities, such as “forest school” sessions and trips, which broaden their horizons and develop “self-confidence and teamwork skills.”
• Behaviour is “settled and harmonious,” with pupils reflecting values of “care, share, respect and learn” and older children supporting younger ones.

Areas to improve

• In a small number of subjects, key knowledge is not revisited frequently enough, causing pupils to find it “difficult to remember” information needed for new learning.
• Subject leaders have not fully evaluated curriculum implementation, meaning “gaps in learning” and pupils ready for greater depth are not always identified quickly enough.

Safeguarding

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