Regents Park Community Primary School

Overview: Regents Park Community Primary School is a well-performing school that has made significant improvements since the last inspection. The school has a strong culture of safeguarding, and leaders have created a positive environment where pupils feel safe and valued.

Strengths:

• Pupils behave extremely well, and staff have created a positive culture in school.
• Leaders have prioritised laying secure foundations for learning, and pupils learn and enjoy a range of subjects.
• The school's pupil premium strategy has contributed well to pupils' achievement, and disadvantaged pupils achieve well by the end of Year 6.
• Pupils have an in-depth knowledge of fundamental British values and can confidently talk about why they are important to society.
• The school has a well-designed and appealing early years curriculum, and children are increasingly well prepared for Year 1.

Areas to improve:

• Leaders should strengthen the use of assessment to identify gaps in learning, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Leaders should strengthen the development of pupils' foundational skills, including handwriting, so that consistent practice and precise modelling help pupils build fluency and accuracy over time.
• Leaders should ensure that all staff have the expertise to reflect on and evaluate the impact of their actions so that school improvement is sustained over time.

Safeguarding: The safeguarding standards are met, and leaders and/or those responsible for governance and oversight have established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed.