Quarryhill School

Overview

The inspection team found that staff develop supportive relationships with children, helping them feel cared for, and recent developments in reading are enabling pupils to discuss their preferences. However, the report evaluates learning, teaching, and assessment as ‘weak’ in both the primary school and nursery, alongside ‘weak’ raising of attainment and achievement. Consequently, the school requires additional support and a further inspection within 12 months.

Strengths

• Staff develop supportive relationships that help children feel cared for and settle well in the nursery.
• Recent improvements in reading approaches are leading to children becoming more able to discuss what texts they like and dislike.
• The nursery has made a ‘very recent, positive start’ to improving approaches to learning and teaching.

Areas to improve

• Practitioners must build on recent progress to ensure nursery experiences ‘engage, motivate and challenge all learners appropriately’.
• Teachers need to adopt a greater range of teaching approaches using interesting topics to motivate children and develop high-quality learning and teaching.
• The school must improve how teachers evaluate progress to plan challenging learning and raise attainment in literacy and numeracy, ensuring targeted support closes gaps.

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific statements regarding safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.