Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School

Overview: Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School is a good school where pupils are happy to come to school, are polite and welcoming, and enjoy learning. The school provides a broad and interesting curriculum, and opportunities for pupils to develop their talents and interests.

Strengths:

• Pupils are happy to come to school and enjoy learning.
• Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and respectful.
• The curriculum is broad and interesting, covering all subjects of the national curriculum.
• Opportunities for pupils to develop their talents and interests, and to try new things, are plentiful and varied.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are well provided for.

Areas to improve:

• Pupils find it difficult to make links between different periods in history, which limits the depth of their understanding.
• Leaders should support teachers in making these links in chronology more explicit for pupils.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders checking that adults are suitable to work with children, staff having secure knowledge of the signs that all may not be well, and staff acting quickly to report concerns.