Newark Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that Newark Primary School provides a “nurturing and highly inclusive learning environment” supported by “strong pastoral leadership.” Staff work effectively as a team to develop children’s understanding of their rights and offer rich opportunities for wider achievements. The report confirms the school has the capacity to continue improving, with no further visits required.

Strengths

• “Strong pastoral leadership” creates a supportive atmosphere where senior leaders and staff work effectively with partners and parents to improve outcomes.
• Staff are “keen to develop their skills and knowledge” and collaborate successfully to enhance practice and children’s understanding of their rights.
• A “range of approaches” helps children with additional support needs engage readily with classroom activities and become independent learners.
• Children benefit from “rich opportunities to experience wider achievements,” which help develop skills for leadership, learning, life, and work.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders should identify key areas of improvement and “carefully monitor the impact of approaches to raising attainment and achievement.”
• Leaders and teachers should develop a “shared understanding of high-quality learning and teaching” to ensure learning is well matched to children’s needs.
• Staff should continue to work together to “raise children’s attainment in literacy and numeracy.”

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s work in “Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion” is evaluated as “very good.”