Selside Endowed CofE Primary School

Overview

Selside Endowed CofE Primary School continues to be a good school, where pupils are proud of their rural setting and thrive in a calm, orderly environment. The report highlights that pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, achieve well, particularly in English and mathematics, supported by high expectations and effective staff training.

Strengths

• Pupils “delight in the wealth of activities” afforded by the school’s location, such as beck-dipping and gardening, and enjoy visits further afield.
• The school has “successfully embedded the English and mathematics curriculums,” with staff demonstrating confidence and competence in delivering these subjects.
• Reading is prioritised from early years, with staff delivering the phonics programme well and ensuring pupils read books that “match the sounds that they know.”
• Behaviour is exemplary; pupils “get on well together,” and older pupils actively support younger ones through play-leader awards.
• The school identifies additional needs quickly and works effectively with parents and specialists to ensure pupils with SEND receive appropriate support.

Areas to improve

• In a few subjects, the school has not “clearly defined the sequence of learning from early years to Year 6,” which hinders pupils from deepening subject-specific knowledge.
• Pupils’ knowledge of cultural diversity and different faiths is limited, meaning some are “not sufficiently well prepared for life in modern Britain.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”