Sturry Church of England Primary School

Overview

This inspection describes a ‘welcoming, nurturing and inspirational’ school where pupils ‘thrive and flourish’ in an inclusive environment. Leaders and staff maintain ‘high expectations’ and a ‘culture of high aspirations’, ensuring that all children, including those with special educational needs, achieve exceptionally well. The report highlights a ‘rich and vibrant curriculum’ and ‘exemplary’ behaviour, noting that the school is ‘exceedingly well prepared’ for the next stage of education.

Strengths

• Children receive an ‘excellent start’ in Reception, with a ‘sharp focus’ on speech, language and communication skills.
• Pupils become ‘confident, fluent readers’ through a ‘consistently well taught’ phonics programme and a promoted ‘love of reading’.
• The curriculum ensures learning ‘builds logically over time’, with teachers using assessment data skilfully so that ‘no one falls behind’.
• Pupils demonstrate ‘exemplary’ behaviour, embodying values such as ‘perseverance, leadership, aspiration, collaboration, empathy and support’.
• Staff feel ‘highly valued’ within an ‘exceptionally strong and effective culture of mutual support and teamwork’.

Areas to improve

• The report notes that a few parents commented they would appreciate ‘even more opportunities to find out how well their children are doing’.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the arrangements for safeguarding are effective’.