Sileby Redlands Community Primary School

Overview

Pupils “love their school” and are described as “diligent, confident and respectful” within a “close-knit community.” The report highlights that the school’s “personal development offer is exceptional,” with a curriculum designed to prepare pupils well for later life. While the quality of education, behaviour, and leadership are rated as Good, the school is praised for its ambitious vision and effective support for all learners.

Strengths

• Pupils’ “personal development is a great strength,” supported by a “vast array of clubs, visits and opportunities” that extend learning.
• Reading is “at the heart” of the curriculum; staff are “reading experts” who provide “swift and targeted support,” resulting in “confident and fluent readers.”
• The school identifies pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) “without delay” and works to “remove any barriers” to learning.
• Behaviour is managed effectively, creating a “calm and orderly place” where pupils are motivated by high expectations and recognition.
• Leaders provide “effective support,” and staff “enjoy their roles” while appreciating that leaders consider their “workload and well-being.”

Areas to improve

• Leaders need more time to assure themselves that pupils are benefitting from recent curriculum changes in some subjects, ensuring new curricula are “successfully embedded and implemented well.”
• In the early years, independent tasks do not always “effectively support the intended learning,” and children need more opportunity to “practise and rehearse their learning” before moving on.

Safeguarding

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