Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School

Overview: Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School is a good school where pupils are proud to be part of the community, and they have a deep understanding of kindness, respect, and ambition. The school has high expectations of what pupils can achieve, and they typically achieve well in reading, writing, and mathematics. The school also has high standards for behaviour, and disruption in lessons is rare.

Strengths:

• Pupils are proud to be part of the school community and have a deep understanding of kindness, respect, and ambition.
• The school has high expectations of what pupils can achieve, and they typically achieve well in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• The school has high standards for behaviour, and disruption in lessons is rare.
• The school provides timely support for pupils who need additional help with managing their behaviour.
• The school has a well-established approach to identifying pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and staff are well-informed about how to support these pupils.

Areas to improve:

• Some older pupils have gaps in their knowledge in some foundation subjects due to past weaknesses in the curriculum, which means they do not have strong foundations on which to build new learning.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.