Osborne Primary School

Overview

Osborne Primary School is described as a “harmonious and happy place to be” where staff “genuinely care for each individual pupil.” The report highlights that dedicated leaders and a highly effective trust have driven “strong improvements,” particularly in raising pupil outcomes which were historically weak. The new curriculum is having a “positive impact,” helping pupils achieve high ambitions through “exciting and engaging learning.”

Strengths

• Staff put pupils’ needs first, creating an environment where children feel safe, listened to, and “known and recognised.”
• Behaviour is excellent; pupils are “polite and well mannered,” and learning is “rarely disrupted” due to a strong focus on managing difficulties.
• Phonics is taught “consistently well” with a new scheme, ensuring pupils become “fluent and confident readers.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified swiftly and supported effectively to learn alongside peers.
• The school celebrates diversity proudly, fostering a culture where pupils understand it is “never right to treat people differently.”

Areas to improve

• Because the revised curriculum has only recently been fully introduced, some pupils still have “gaps in their knowledge across a range of subjects.” Leaders should continue implementing the curriculum to enable continued rapid progress.
• The school acknowledges there are “still too many pupils who do not attend school often enough” and is working to support families in recognising the importance of daily attendance.

Safeguarding

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