Polehampton Church of England Junior School

Overview:

Polehampton Church of England Junior School is a warm and friendly school where pupils are proud and happy to be members. They value being part of the close school community and understand the importance of working together. The school's ambition is for every pupil to achieve the very best they can, and pupils respond well to the encouragement of staff.

Strengths:

• Pupils are proud and happy to be members of the school community.

• The school's ambition is for every pupil to achieve the very best they can.

• Pupils respond well to the encouragement of staff and tackle more challenging learning with greater confidence.

• The school champions pupils' successes and provides a range of wider opportunities, including trips and residentials.

• The school promotes the importance of diversity and pupils explore a wide range of different cultures and beliefs.

Areas to improve:

• In a few cases, some of the strategies used by teachers do not support pupils to learn new knowledge well, leading to errors in their understanding of new ideas.

• In some foundation subjects, methods of checking pupils' learning over time do not identify whether they understand important knowledge well, leading to pupils continuing to have misconceptions.

Safeguarding:

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.