New End Primary School

Overview

New End Primary School is described as a “friendly and caring community school” where staff are “very nurturing,” enabling pupils to “look forward to coming to school every day.” The report highlights an “ambitious curriculum” that enables pupils to achieve well, with particular praise for the development of a “love of reading” and high standards in computing.

Strengths

• Staff have “high expectations for all pupils,” including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who receive “effective support” to access the same curriculum.
• There is a “strong priority” on reading, with a new phonics curriculum taught “consistently and well,” leading to most older pupils being “enthusiastic and fluent readers.”
• Pupils’ “spiritual, moral, social, cultural and personal development is at the core” of the school’s work, fostering active citizenship and pride in their local area.
• Behaviour is managed with a “consistent and positive approach,” resulting in pupils who “concentrate on their learning” and play calmly together.
• The governing body provides “support and challenge to leaders,” and staff speak “extremely highly of the school leadership and ethos.”

Areas to improve

• Subject leaders and teachers in some foundation subjects lack “secure expertise” to build on prior learning, meaning pupils do not always remember content easily to deepen knowledge.
• In the early years, staff do not always develop children’s communication and language “precisely,” which limits some children from being “fully ready for Year 1.”

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are “effective,” with leaders ensuring it is a “high priority” through regular staff training and prompt responses to concerns.