Reeth Community Infant School

Overview

Reeth Community Primary School continues to be a good school, where every pupil is “valued and nurtured.” Leaders maintain high aspirations, fostering a curriculum that embraces the local area and supports pupils in understanding life in modern Britain. The school is characterised by exemplary behaviour, with pupils described as “kind and courteous” who feel very safe.

Strengths

• Pupils’ behaviour is “exemplary,” with a calm and orderly environment where bullying is “very rare.”
• The teaching of early reading is a high priority, with “consistent and effective” phonics instruction enabling pupils to read with confidence.
• Subject leaders have developed detailed plans in areas such as art and design and mathematics, ensuring pupils build knowledge and skills over time.
• The school is “very inclusive,” with adults supporting pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) well to access the full curriculum.
• Parents are “overwhelmingly positive,” praising the school’s “holistic approach to education” and the progress their children make.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure they have a “precise understanding of how to support some pupils with SEND to make stronger progress.”
• Leaders and staff do not always provide “accurate and prompt support for some pupils,” meaning needs are not always rapidly identified.
• Subject knowledge of leaders and teachers must be “closely matched to the needs of pupils across school.”

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with the designated safeguarding lead keeping timely records and making necessary referrals, although not all staff are equally clear on recognising vulnerable behaviours linked to local issues.