Swinton Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that children in the school and nursery are “enthusiastic, motivated and engage well in their learning.” Staff create “calm, inclusive learning environments” where pupils demonstrate the school’s values and make good progress in literacy and numeracy. The report concludes that the school has the capacity to continue to improve, with no further visits required.

Strengths

• Children “work together successfully, support one another, and demonstrate the school and nursery values well.”
• In the nursery, staff plan a “rich curriculum” with “high-quality play experiences” that support children to “progress very well in their learning.”
• Staff use “caring and nurturing approaches” to help children make good progress in literacy and numeracy.
• Staff and children use digital technology “very well to support learning and teaching,” developing digital skills confidently.
• The nursery class evaluations for curriculum, learning/teaching, and wellbeing were all rated “very good.”

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and teachers should develop approaches to deliver “consistently high-quality learning experiences” and give children opportunities to take “increasing responsibility in leading their learning.”
• Staff need to further develop approaches to “planning, assessing and tracking children’s progress” to ensure appropriate pace and challenge.

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific narrative commentary on safeguarding arrangements, though it notes that the nursery class evaluation for “Wellbeing, inclusion and equality” was “very good.”