The Thompson Primary School

Overview

The monitoring inspection evaluated how effectively leadership uses self-evaluation to drive improvement, focusing on literacy and numeracy outcomes. The report concludes that the school is “identifying and bringing about the necessary improvements in the quality of education” for the selected lines of inquiry.

Strengths

• There is an “effective system to record and track the children’s progress in literacy and numeracy” and to identify trends in learning.
• The broad range of data is “used well to inform the whole-school development planning process.”
• The “programme of withdrawal support” for children requiring help is “effective in raising the standards of literacy and numeracy.”

Areas to improve

• There are “inconsistencies in the mainstream classes regarding the planning for, and implementation of, differentiation in the learning activities to meet the needs of all children.”
• Work is underway to address the “significant risk to the safety of the children and staff” posed by pedestrian and vehicular access from adjacent roads.

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that “satisfactory arrangements for safeguarding reflect broadly the guidance issued by the relevant Departments.”