Terrington Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Overview

Pupils thrive at this “friendly, happy school” where the ethos of loving, learning, and growing together is central to the curriculum. The inspection judged overall effectiveness, the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision as Good. Leaders have developed a curriculum well suited to this small school, with particular success in early reading and mathematics.

Strengths

• Pupils “thrive” in a calm environment where they “value and respect each other” and bullying is rare.
• Recent changes to early reading and mathematics curriculums are helping pupils “achieve well,” with staff teaching phonics with “precision.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are “fully included” and make good progress with suitably adapted work.
• Personal development is a strength, with pupils learning about important themes such as consent and protected characteristics.
• Attendance is “rapidly improving” due to a boosted pastoral team working closely with outside agencies.

Areas to improve

• In some foundation subjects, pupils cannot recall taught content effectively; the school should ensure regular opportunities to “recall and practise learning.”
• Ambitions for pupils are not consistently reflected in written work; the school should raise staff expectations for the “quality and presentation” of writing.

Safeguarding

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