Perton First School

Overview

Perton First School is confirmed as a ‘good’ school where pupils ‘enjoy coming to school and learning new things’. The report describes a close-knit community where ‘leaders, staff and parents work well together’ to provide positive experiences, with staff maintaining ‘high expectations of every pupil’.

Strengths

• The curriculum is ‘sequenced well within and across all year groups’, ensuring teachers know ‘what to teach and when to teach it’.
• Phonics is taught ‘consistently well’ with a common structure, helping pupils read with accuracy and fostering a ‘love of reading’.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are ‘included in lessons and all aspects of school life’ with clear identification systems.
• Staff workload is ‘manageable’ and leaders are ‘considerate of staff’s well-being’, creating a supportive team environment.
• Pupils feel safe, displaying ‘good manners’ and trusting staff, while bullying is taken ‘seriously’ and dealt with promptly.

Areas to improve

• In a ‘small number of subjects’, the curriculum is ‘relatively new’ and not delivered as effectively as it could be, meaning pupils ‘do not achieve as well as they could’. Leaders must support teachers to develop subject knowledge and expertise in these areas.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are ‘effective’, with staff trained to spot concerns and pupils knowing a ‘range of trusted adults’ to approach if worried.