Monkton Priory Community Primary School

Overview

Monkton Priory Community Primary School is described as a “welcoming and inclusive school” with “high aspirations” for its pupils. The inspection highlights a strong focus on pupil well-being, resulting in “warm and trusting relationships” that foster confidence and strong progress in learning.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and supported, with “exemplary” behaviour and high levels of engagement in “interesting and motivating” learning experiences.
• The curriculum “celebrates the diversity of the local community” and provides valuable opportunities for visits and work insights.
• Recent work on “oracy skills” has been “extremely effective,” and support for pupils with additional learning needs is “extremely successful.”
• Leaders provide “strong, inclusive leadership,” creating a cohesive team and maintaining “extremely close links” with the local community and families.

Areas to improve

• The school must ensure that the registration of pupils’ attendance meets statutory requirements.
• Staff should improve the balance between adult-led and child-led activities for younger pupils, as learning is sometimes “too adult led.”

Safeguarding

Pupils’ well-being is “at the heart of everything that the school does,” and pupils feel safe, knowing they will be supported if they have concerns.